Test 5 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wo…

and the sky was all red and glowy, was that a sign, like, for real?

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

This is test 5 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 red	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sky	det
3	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 red	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 red	advmod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 glowy	cc
8	glowy	glowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 red	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sign	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sign	cop
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 sign	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sign	det
13	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 like	punct
15	like	like	INTJ	_	13 sign	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 real	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 real	case
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 red	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sky		all, red property	tree rules
2	be		the sky not said here			tree rules
3	is a	past	the sky not said here	a sign		tree rules
4	be		the sky not said here			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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, Iktomi totally took it as a sign from the west

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 took	punct
3	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
4	totally	totally	ADV	_	5 took	advmod
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 sign	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 west	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 west	det
12	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Iktomi	it		the west		as a sign; totally property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from west=Initial_Location

Option 2

Yeah, dude, he truly believed the glowing red western sky meant the stone wanted him to be happy

The tree, 18 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	7 believed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dude	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believed	nsubj
6	truly	truly	ADV	_	7 believed	advmod
7	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
9	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 sky	amod
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sky	amod
11	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sky	amod
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 meant	nsubj
13	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 believed	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stone	det
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wanted	nsubj
16	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 meant	ccomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wanted	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	20 happy	mark
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 happy	cop
20	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	he	dude	truly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	glow	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	past	the glowing red western sky			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	want	past	the stone	sky		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
5	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	sky not said here		happy property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he thought it meant good luck for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meant	nsubj
6	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	ccomp
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 luck	amod
8	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	past	it	good luck				for him = he	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot luck=Theme for he=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, Iktomi believed the red sky was a message from the spirits, and it was real

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 believed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct
3	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sky	amod
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 message	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 message	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 message	det
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 spirits	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spirits	det
13	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 message	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 real	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 real	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 real	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 real	cop
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 believed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	believe	past	Iktomi				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	the red sky	a message	the spirits		tree rules
3	is	past	sky			real property	tree rules

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