Test 12 · ★ · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

Did the cabbages get eaten in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: eat · To what, where: cabbages, end

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cabbages	det
3	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux:pass
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive · do-support		the cabbages			in the end		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the donkey was chased out first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 donkey	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chased	aux:pass
6	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 chased	compound:prt
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 chased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase out	past · passive		the donkey				first property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, the donkey finished them all, and the boy cursed it for the rest of the day

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 finished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 finished	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 donkey	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finished	nsubj
5	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finished	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 them	nmod:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cursed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cursed	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cursed	nsubj
12	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finished	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cursed	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 rest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rest	det
16	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cursed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 day	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past	the donkey	them = they					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector they=Eventuality
2	curse	past	the boy	donkey				for the rest of the day	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for rest=Attribute

Option 3

Nah, the donkey was chased out of the garden before it could finish the cabbages

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 donkey	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chased	aux:pass
6	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 garden	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 garden	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garden	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chased	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 finish	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 finish	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 finish	aux
14	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 chased	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cabbages	det
16	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · passive		the donkey		the garden			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme out garden=Trajectory
2	finish	could	donkey	the cabbages					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality cabbage=Eventuality

Option 4

Yeah, the donkey ate most of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 ate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 donkey	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 ate	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the donkey	most of them					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Patient

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