Test 1 · ★ · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk…

Wait, so the grass guy got a whole palace just cause he was nice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, grass guy, guy · What happens: wait, get, be · To what, where: whole palace

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 got	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guy	det
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guy	compound
6	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 palace	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 palace	amod
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
11	just	just	ADV	_	15 nice	advmod
12	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	15 nice	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 nice	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nice	cop
15	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	the grass guy	a whole palace		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus
3	is	past	guy		nice property	tree rules

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

Yeah, the peris said the grass guy had earned the palace by being nice to every single traveller he met on the road

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peris	det
4	peris	peris	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guy	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guy	compound
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 earned	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 earned	aux
10	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 earned	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 nice	case
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 nice	cop
15	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 earned	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 traveller	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 traveller	det
18	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 traveller	amod
19	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nice	obl
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 met	nsubj
21	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 traveller	acl:relcl
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 road	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 road	det
24	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 met	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the peris				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	earn	past · perfect	the grass guy	the palace			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme
3	is	gerund	the grass guy not said here			to every single traveller; nice property	tree rules
4	meet	past	guy	every single traveller not said here	the road		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=Co-Agent

Option 2

Nah, the peris said he worked really hard for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peris	det
4	peris	peris	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 worked	nsubj
7	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 worked	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the peris						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	work	past	peris					hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Kinda, the peris said God sends palaces to whoever is patient and kind and keeps quiet when others are rude to them, basically

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peris	det
4	peris	peris	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sends	nsubj
7	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sends	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 whoever	case
10	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sends	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 patient	cop
12	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 whoever	acl:relcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kind	cc
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 patient	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 keeps	cc
16	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sends	conj
17	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keeps	xcomp
18	when	when	SCONJ	_	21 rude	mark
19	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 rude	nsubj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 rude	cop
21	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 keeps	advcl
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 them	case
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 rude	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 basically	punct
25	basically	basically	ADV	_	5 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the peris				basically, kinda property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send	present	God	palaces		whoever		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent palace=Theme to whoever=Destination
3	is	present					patient property	tree rules
4	be							tree rules
5	keep	present	God not said here				quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	is	present	others		palaces = palace		rude property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the peris said God rewards the simple-hearted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peris	det
4	peris	peris	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rewards	compound
7	rewards	reward	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hearted	det
9	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hearted	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 simple	punct
11	hearted	hearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the peris	God rewards				the simple hearted obl	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reward=Topic

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