Test 8 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Muskrat: the sly muskra…

wait, how did Iktomi haul the coyote home?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Iktomi · What happens: wait, haul · To what, where: coyote

This is test 8 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 haul	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 haul	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 haul	aux
5	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 haul	nsubj
6	haul	haul	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coyote	det
8	coyote	coyote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 haul	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	6 haul	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	haul	past · do-support	Iktomi	the coyote				home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coyote=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

swung over his shoulders with its legs hanging down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 shoulders	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoulders	nmod:poss
4	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 swung	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 legs	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 legs	nmod:poss
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 swung	obl
8	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 legs	acl
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 hanging	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	gerund				his shoulders		with its legs	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory
2	hang down	gerund	its legs not said here					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

dragged along the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	along	along	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	participle				the ground			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along ground=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

carried in a sack slung tightly over his broad shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 sack	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sack	det
4	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 carried	obl
5	slung	sling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sack	acl
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	5 slung	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	10 shoulders	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shoulders	nmod:poss
9	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shoulders	amod
10	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle				a sack			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sack=Location
2	sling	participle		a sack not said here		his broad shoulders		tightly property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

swung over his shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	gerund				his shoulders			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory

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