Test 10 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wo…
wait, is sharing food, like, a big deal for them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, share · To what, where: big deal, food
This is test 10 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sharing | punct |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sharing | aux |
| 4 | sharing | share | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 wait | advcl |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sharing | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 like | punct |
| 7 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 1 wait | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 deal | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 deal | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 deal | amod |
| 11 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 deal | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | a big deal for them | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | share | present · progressive | you not said here | food | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it's the custom of the plains people, my dude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 custom | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 custom | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 custom | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 custom | det |
| 6 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 people | det |
| 9 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 people | compound |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 custom | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 dude | punct |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 dude | nmod:poss |
| 13 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 custom | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the custom and my dude | of the plains people | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, it's a rule for the wolves, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 rule | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rule | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rule | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 wolves | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wolves | det |
| 9 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rule | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bro | punct |
| 11 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wolves | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a rule | for the wolves and bro | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, it's just a custom for the old folks, dude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 custom | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 custom | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 custom | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 custom | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 custom | det |
| 7 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 folks | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 folks | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 folks | amod |
| 11 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 custom | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 dude | punct |
| 13 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 folks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a custom | for the old folks and dude | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, dude, it is a really important custom among all the plains people, and Iktomi knew it very well
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 dude | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 dude | punct |
| 3 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knew | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 custom | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 custom | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 custom | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 custom | det |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 important | advmod |
| 9 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 custom | amod |
| 10 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dude | appos |
| 11 | among | among | ADP | _ | 15 people | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 plains | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 plains | det |
| 14 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 people | compound |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 custom | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 knew | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 knew | cc |
| 18 | Iktomi | Iktomi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 knew | nsubj |
| 19 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 knew | obj |
| 21 | very | very | ADV | _ | 22 well | advmod |
| 22 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 knew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | dude | a important custom | among plains people | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | past | Iktomi | dude | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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