Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

mate, did the rabbit get revenge for the ear pulling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, rabbit · What happens: do, get, pull · To what, where: revenge

This is test 5 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 mate	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rabbit	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 ear	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ear	det
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 did	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	mate		for the ear	tree rules
2	get	present	the rabbit	revenge		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus
3	pull	gerund	mate not said here			vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kinda, but the monkey scared him into a hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 scared	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkey	det
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
6	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 hole	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hole	det
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the monkey	him = he		a hole		kinda property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

Kinda, but the monkey scared him into a hole with a loud shriek and a jump

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 scared	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkey	det
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
6	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 hole	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hole	det
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 shriek	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shriek	det
13	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shriek	amod
14	shriek	shriek	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hole	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 jump	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 jump	det
17	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shriek	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the monkey	him = he		a hole with a loud shriek and a jump		kinda property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3

Sort of, he tugged the monkey's tail back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tugged	obl:unmarked
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Sort	fixed
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sort	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tugged	nsubj
5	tugged	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tail	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 monkey	case
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tugged	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	5 tugged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tug	past	he	Sort					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 4

Not really, the monkey ran off to the pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 ran	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkey	det
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 pool	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the monkey					to the pool result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to pool=Result

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