Test 8 · ★ · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th…

Okay, but the monkey was way smarter, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: be · To what, where: way

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» 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	Okay	okay	INTJ	_	8 smarter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Okay	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 way	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monkey	det
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 way	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smarter	obl:unmarked
8	smarter	smart	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smarter	punct
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 smarter	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 smarter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the monkey	way					tree rules

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

Yeah, he tipped the bowl of blood over the puma and ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tipped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tipped	nsubj
4	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 blood	case
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bowl	nmod
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 puma	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 puma	det
11	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ran	cc
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tipped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	he	the bowl of blood		the puma			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme over puma=Destination
2	run	past	he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nope, he drank the whole bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 drank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drank	nsubj
4	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bowl	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bowl	amod
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	he	the whole bowl					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, he kicked the bowl over onto the puma's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obj
7	over	over	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 head	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 puma	det
10	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 head	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 puma	case
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick over	past	he	the bowl		the puma's head		over property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient onto head=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he kicked the bowl over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obj
7	over	over	ADV	_	4 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick over	past	he	the bowl				over property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bowl=Patient

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