Test 9 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, the tree, the wo…

so the muskrat shows up out of the wild rice, all, hey my friend?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: muskrat · What happens: show up · To what, where: wild rice

This is test 9 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 shows	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 muskrat	det
3	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 shows	compound:prt
6	out	out	ADP	_	10 rice	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 rice	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rice	det
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rice	amod
10	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 all	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 rice	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 friend	punct
14	hey	hey	INTJ	_	16 friend	discourse
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 friend	nmod:poss
16	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rice	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show up	present	the muskrat			the wild rice and my friend			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out rice=Location

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

Yeah, and Iktomi just kept eating like a greedy pig, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kept	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kept	cc
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kept	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 kept	advmod
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 kept	xcomp
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 pig	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pig	det
10	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pig	amod
11	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bro	punct
13	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pig	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Iktomi						tree rules
2	eat	gerund	Iktomi not said here	a greedy pig					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, and Iktomi just sat there gobbling his soup like a big greedy hog and ignored the poor muskrat completely

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sat	cc
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sat	advmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sat	advmod
8	gobbling	gobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sat	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 soup	nmod:poss
10	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gobbling	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	15 hog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hog	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hog	amod
14	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hog	amod
15	hog	hog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gobbling	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 ignored	cc
17	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sat	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 muskrat	det
19	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 muskrat	amod
20	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ignored	obj
21	completely	completely	ADV	_	17 ignored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Iktomi		there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	gobble	gerund	Iktomi not said here	Iktomi's soup		like a big greedy hog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent soup=Theme
3	ignore	past	Iktomi not said here	the poor muskrat		completely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent muskrat=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, dude, the muskrat greeted him politely, but Iktomi just sat there chewing his soup and never looked up once

The tree, 20 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 greeted	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dude	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 muskrat	det
6	muskrat	muskrat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 greeted	nsubj
7	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 greeted	obj
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	7 greeted	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sat	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 sat	cc
12	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sat	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 sat	advmod
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 greeted	conj
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sat	advmod
16	chewing	chew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 sat	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 soup	nmod:poss
18	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 chewing	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 looked	cc
20	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	21 looked	advmod
21	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 greeted	conj
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 looked	compound:prt
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	21 looked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	past	the muskrat	dude	him = he		politely property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	sit	past	Iktomi			there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	chew	gerund	Iktomi not said here	Iktomi's soup				vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient
4	not look up	past	the muskrat not said here				once property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, and Iktomi just sat there like a big hog with his soup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sat	cc
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sat	advmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sat	advmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 hog	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hog	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hog	amod
11	hog	hog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 soup	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 soup	nmod:poss
14	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hog	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Iktomi			there		like a big hog with Iktomi's soup	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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