Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

sus, why did the serpents skip the rabbit's afternoon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: serpents · What happens: skip

This is test 8 · ★ 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	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 skip	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 skip	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 skip	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 serpents	det
6	serpents	serpent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 skip	nsubj
7	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 sus	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rabbit	det
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 afternoon	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 rabbit	case
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skip	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	past · do-support	the serpents				afternoon		vn run-51.3.2-2 «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

They were away at their own big meeting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 away	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 away	cop
3	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 meeting	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 meeting	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meeting	amod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meeting	amod
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			their own big meeting		away property	tree rules

Option 2

They were away at their own big meeting in the far cave beyond the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meeting	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 meeting	cop
3	away	away	ADV	_	8 meeting	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 meeting	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 meeting	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meeting	amod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 meeting	amod
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 cave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cave	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cave	amod
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meeting	nmod
13	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 meeting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			their own big meeting		in the far cave; beyond the hills; away property	tree rules

Option 3

They had all been called away to attend a large meeting in the deep valley

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux
3	all	all	ADV	_	5 called	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 called	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 attend	mark
8	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 meeting	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meeting	amod
11	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attend	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 valley	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 valley	det
14	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 valley	amod
15	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call away speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		They				all, away property	tree rules
2	attend	to-infinitive		a large meeting		the deep valley			vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meeting=Goal

Option 4

They had gone to drink at the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 drink	mark
5	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gone	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	They						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drink	to-infinitive	They not said here			the lake			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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