Test 2 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wo…

dude, why'd the wolves even eat his ducks, were they just being hangry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolves, dude · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: ducks

This is test 2 · ★ 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hangry	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 eat	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 eat	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 eat	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolves	det
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eat	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 eat	advmod
8	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 dude	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ducks	nmod:poss
10	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eat	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 dude	punct
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 hangry	cop
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hangry	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 hangry	advmod
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 hangry	cop
16	hangry	hangry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 hangry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	the wolves	his ducks					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Patient
2	is	past	dude					hangry property	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

They had starved all winter, and Iktomi kept loudly boasting about the big ducks he had cooked for himself

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starved	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starved	aux
3	starved	starve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 winter	det
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starved	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kept	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
8	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starved	parataxis
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 kept	advmod
11	boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 kept	xcomp
12	about	about	ADP	_	15 ducks	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ducks	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ducks	amod
15	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 boasting	obl
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 cooked	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 cooked	aux
18	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 ducks	acl:relcl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 himself	case
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 boasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · perfect	They		winter		tree rules
2	keep	past	Iktomi			loudly property	tree rules
3	boast speech: other	gerund	Iktomi not said here			about the big ducks; for Iktomi	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about duck=Topic
4	cook	past · perfect	Iktomi	the big ducks not said here			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent duck=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were starving and Iktomi basically bragged about his dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starving	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	aux
3	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bragged	cc
5	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bragged	nsubj
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	7 bragged	advmod
7	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 dinner	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dinner	nmod:poss
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	They						tree rules
2	brag speech: other	past	Iktomi					about Iktomi's dinner; basically property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dinner=Topic

Option 3

They were starving, so they just grabbed whatever they found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 starving	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	aux
3	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grabbed	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 grabbed	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grabbed	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 grabbed	advmod
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 starving	conj
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 grabbed	obj
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 found	nsubj
11	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	They		tree rules
2	grab	past	they	whatever	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
3	find	past	they		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, they were hungry, and he kinda showed off his food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 hungry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hungry	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hungry	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	cop
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 showed	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 showed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 showed	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 showed	nsubj
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	10 showed	advmod
10	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 showed	compound:prt
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 food	nmod:poss
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 showed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					hungry property	tree rules
2	show off	past	he	his food				kinda property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Recipient

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