Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…
yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, dodge · To what, where: monkey, puma
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 monkey | det |
| 5 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 dodge | advmod |
| 7 | dodge | dodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 puma | det |
| 9 | puma | puma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dodge | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 nah | cc |
| 11 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 puma | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the monkey | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | dodge | present | the puma | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent puma=Location |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he grabbed a creeper and swung up a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 creeper | det |
| 6 | creeper | creeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grabbed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 swung | cc |
| 8 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grabbed | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 swung | compound:prt |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tree | det |
| 11 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swung | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | he | a creeper | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swing up | past | he not said here | a tree | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he grabbed a vine and climbed up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 vine | det |
| 6 | vine | vine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grabbed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 climbed | cc |
| 8 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grabbed | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 climbed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | he | a vine | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vine=Theme | ||||
| 2 | climb up | past | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he grabbed a creeper that hung down and swung up into a tall tree
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 creeper | det |
| 6 | creeper | creeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grabbed | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 hung | nsubj |
| 8 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 creeper | acl:relcl |
| 9 | down | down | ADV | _ | 8 hung | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 swung | cc |
| 11 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grabbed | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 swung | compound:prt |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 tree | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 tree | det |
| 15 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 tree | amod |
| 16 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | he | a creeper | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hang down | past | a creeper | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | swing up | past | he not said here | a tall tree | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tree=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yeah, he grabbed a long creeper, swung up a big tree and escaped
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 creeper | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 creeper | amod |
| 7 | creeper | creeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grabbed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 swung | punct |
| 9 | swung | swing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 creeper | acl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 swung | compound:prt |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 tree | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tree | amod |
| 13 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swung | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 escaped | cc |
| 15 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 grabbed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | he | a long creeper | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swing up | participle | a long creeper not said here | a big tree | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | ||||
| 3 | escape | past | he not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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