Test 6 · ★ · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk…
Wait, the whale and elephant both got tired and quit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, whale · What happens: wait, get, quit
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 whale | det |
| 4 | whale | whale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 elephant | cc |
| 6 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whale | conj |
| 7 | both | both | ADV | _ | 8 got | advmod |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 9 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 quit | cc |
| 11 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the whale and elephant | both, tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | quit | infinitive | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Nope, they kept pulling until the rope snapped and both of them fell into the lake together
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pulling | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 snapped | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rope | det |
| 8 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 snapped | nsubj |
| 9 | snapped | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pulling | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fell | cc |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 both | nmod |
| 14 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 lake | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lake | det |
| 17 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fell | obl |
| 18 | together | together | ADV | _ | 14 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pull | gerund | they not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | snap | past | the rope | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | fall | past | both | into the lake result; together property | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into lake=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they were wiped out, so they stopped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 wiped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wiped | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wiped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wiped | aux:pass |
| 5 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 wiped | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stopped | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 stopped | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stopped | nsubj |
| 10 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wiped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe out | past · passive | they | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | |||||
| 2 | stop | past | they | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Nope, they were both still going strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 7 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 going | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 going | aux |
| 5 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 going | advmod |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 going | advmod |
| 7 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 going | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · progressive | they | still | both, strong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, they got exhausted and quit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 exhausted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 exhausted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 exhausted | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 exhausted | aux:pass |
| 5 | exhausted | exhaust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 quit | cc |
| 7 | quit | quit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 exhausted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhaust | past · passive | they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | quit | participle | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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