Test 1 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wo…

yo, so Iktomi gets his foot stuck in a tree, right, and he's just whining like a baby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Iktomi · What happens: get, whine · To what, where: foot

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1265 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wolves and the blanket» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 gets	advmod
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obj
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gets	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	5 gets	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 whining	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 whining	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 whining	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 whining	aux
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 whining	advmod
19	whining	whine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 gets	advcl
20	like	like	ADP	_	22 baby	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 baby	det
22	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whining	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Iktomi	Iktomi's foot				stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus
2	whine	present · progressive	Iktomi					like a baby	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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, bro, he was screaming and crying like a total baby for hours on end

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bro	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 screaming	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 screaming	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 screaming	aux
7	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 crying	cc
9	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 screaming	conj
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 baby	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 baby	det
12	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 baby	amod
13	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crying	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 hours	case
15	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 baby	nmod
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 end	case
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past · progressive	he					bro vocative	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	gerund	he not said here				on end	like a total baby for hours	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on end=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, bro, he's howling like a total coward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 bro	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howling	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 howling	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 howling	aux
7	howling	howl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 coward	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 coward	det
10	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 coward	amod
11	coward	coward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	present · progressive	he					like a total coward; bro vocative	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, he was just being dramatic, dude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 dramatic	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dramatic	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dramatic	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 dramatic	advmod
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 dramatic	cop
7	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dude	punct
9	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dramatic	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					dramatic property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, dude, he was howling and whining so loud the whole village could hear him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 howling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dude	punct
3	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeah	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 howling	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 howling	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 howling	aux
7	howling	howl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 hear	csubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 whining	cc
9	whining	whine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 howling	conj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 loud	advmod
11	loud	loud	ADV	_	7 howling	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 village	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 village	amod
14	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howling	obj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hear	aux
16	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	howl	past · progressive	he	the whole village	loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Theme
2	whine	gerund	he not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	could	howling	him = he		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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