Test 13 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

ok, how was the coyote watching Iktomi the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coyote · What happens: watch · To what, where: Iktomi

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1266 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskrat beats Iktomi in a race, then gets the last laugh» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	7 watching	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 watching	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 watching	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 watching	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coyote	det
6	coyote	coyote	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watching	nsubj
7	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 watching	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watching	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 watching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past · progressive	the coyote	Iktomi			time		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iktomi=Theme

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

watching through his thick eyelashes while holding his breath very still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	5 eyelashes	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyelashes	nmod:poss
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyelashes	amod
5	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 watching	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 holding	mark
7	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 watching	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 breath	nmod:poss
9	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holding	obj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 still	advmod
11	still	still	ADV	_	7 holding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund				his thick eyelashes			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Location
2	hold	gerund		his breath			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

peeking through his eyelashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	peeking	peek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	4 eyelashes	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyelashes	nmod:poss
4	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 peeking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	gerund						through his eyelashes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

peeking through his half-closed eyelashes while pretending to be dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	peeking	peek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	7 eyelashes	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyelashes	nmod:poss
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 closed	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 half	punct
6	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 eyelashes	amod
7	eyelashes	eyelash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 peeking	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 pretending	mark
9	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 peeking	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 dead	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 dead	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pretending	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	peek	gerund	through his closed eyelashes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through eyelash=Theme
2	close	participle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	pretend	gerund		tree rules
4	is	to-infinitive	dead property	tree rules

Option 4

peeking through the tall grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	peeking	peek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	5 grass	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grass	det
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grass	amod
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 peeking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	gerund						through the tall grass	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through grass=Theme

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