Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

fr, what did the monkey pull off with the stones?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr · What happens: pull off

This is test 9 · ★ 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pull	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 pull	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pull	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pull	nsubj
7	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 pull	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 stones	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stones	det
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pull	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 pull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	past · do-support	fr					with the stones	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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 hurled pebbles that clung to the wax

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 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hurled	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 clung	nsubj
5	clung	cling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pebbles	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 wax	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wax	det
8	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	He	pebbles					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme
2	cling	past	pebbles					to the wax	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wax=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He threw stones at the figure and every single stone stuck to the sticky wax

The tree, 15 words

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 figure	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 figure	det
6	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stone	cc
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 stone	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stone	amod
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 figure	conj
11	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 stone	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 wax	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wax	det
14	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wax	amod
15	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	stones		the figure and every single stone			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at figure=Destination
2	stick	participle		every single stone not said here				to the sticky wax	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to wax=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He threw stones and they stuck to the wax

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 stuck	cc
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stuck	nsubj
6	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 wax	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wax	det
9	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme
2	stick	past	stones = stone					to the wax	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to wax=Co-Patient

Option 4

He pelted the statue with stones until they all clung to the soft wax surface

The tree, 15 words

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 pelted	nsubj
2	pelted	pelt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 statue	det
4	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pelted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 stones	case
6	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pelted	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 clung	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 clung	nsubj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 clung	nsubj:pass
10	clung	cling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pelted	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	15 surface	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 surface	det
13	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 surface	amod
14	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 surface	compound
15	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pelt	past	He	the statue				with stones	vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent statue=Destination with stone=Theme
2	cling	participle · passive		stones = stone				to the soft wax surface	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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