Test 10 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi t…

so is Iktomi a total pro at traps?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Iktomi

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1264 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi tricks the ducks with a song, roasts them, and ignores a crying tree» 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	so	so	ADV	_	3 Iktomi	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Iktomi	cop
3	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pro	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pro	det
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pro	amod
6	pro	pro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 traps	case
8	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pro	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 pro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Iktomi					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

nope, he hates the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 hates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hates	nsubj
4	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woods	det
6	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	he	the woods					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nope, he's bad at traps but loves to make snares for birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 bad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 traps	case
7	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bad	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 loves	cc
9	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 loves	xcomp
12	snares	snare	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 birds	case
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	he		traps	bad property	tree rules
2	love	present	he not said here				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	snares		for birds	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snare=Product for bird=Beneficiary

Option 3

yup, he loves his snares and sets them all over the marsh every day

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loves	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loves	nsubj
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 snares	nmod:poss
6	snares	snare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loves	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sets	cc
8	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 loves	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sets	obj
10	all	all	ADV	_	13 marsh	advmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 marsh	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marsh	det
13	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sets	obl
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sets	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	he	his snares			yup vocative	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snare=Stimulus
2	set	present	he not said here	snares = snare	the marsh	day		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme over marsh=Destination
3	snare		his = he					nom snare «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yup, he loves his snares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loves	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loves	nsubj
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 snares	nmod:poss
6	snares	snare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	he	his snares				yup vocative	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snare=Stimulus
2	snare		his = he						nom snare «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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