Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

bro, why was the monkey covered in leaves like a bush?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: be, cover · To what, where: monkey

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 monkey	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 bro	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 monkey	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 monkey	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 covered	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 bush	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bush	det
12	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaves	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 monkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	bro	the monkey					tree rules
2	cover	participle		the monkey not said here				in leaves like a bush	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in leaf=Theme

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

He put on a bark coat for camouflage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 coat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coat	det
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	compound
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 camouflage	case
8	camouflage	camouflage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	He			a bark coat		for camouflage	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on coat=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He covered himself with mud and sticks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 covered	nsubj
2	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 covered	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 mud	case
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 covered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sticks	cc
7	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	He	himself = he				with mud and sticks	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with mud=Theme

Option 3

He hid in a bush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bush	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bush	det
5	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			a bush			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He smeared honey on himself and stuck leaves to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smeared	nsubj
2	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smeared	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 smeared	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leaves	cc
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leaves	amod
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 himself	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear	past	He	honey	honey			on himself = he	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honey=Theme on himself=Destination

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