Test 10 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

no cap, why did the fawns freak out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap · What happens: freak out

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1267 «Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 freak	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 freak	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 freak	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fawns	det
7	fawns	fawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 freak	nsubj
8	freak	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 freak	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 freak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	past · do-support	no cap						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

he jumped like a fawn and they saw him change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 fawn	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fawn	det
5	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saw	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	obj
10	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jumped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	jump	past	he		like a fawn	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	they	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	change	infinitive	he not said here			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he leaped once in the form of a fawn and the young ones saw his shape change back to his own

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaped	nsubj
2	leaped	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 leaped	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 form	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 form	det
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaped	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fawn	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fawn	det
9	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 saw	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ones	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ones	amod
13	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 saw	nsubj
14	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leaped	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 shape	nmod:poss
16	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 change	nsubj
17	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 saw	ccomp
18	back	back	ADV	_	17 change	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 own	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 own	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leap	past	he		the form of a fawn	once property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Trajectory
2	see	past	the young ones				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	change back	present	his shape			to shape's own result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to own=Result
4	form			a fawn			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

he shouted loudly at them then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 shouted	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	obl
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	he				then	at them = they; loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the coyote roared at them so they ran, and then they saw Iktomi's shape twist into something strange in the grass

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coyote	det
2	coyote	coyote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roared	nsubj
3	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 roared	obl
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 ran	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ran	nsubj
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 roared	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saw	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 saw	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 saw	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	nsubj
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 roared	conj
14	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 twist	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Iktomi	case
16	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 twist	compound
17	twist	twist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saw	obj
18	into	into	ADP	_	19 something	case
19	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 saw	obl
20	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 something	amod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 grass	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 grass	det
23	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	past	the coyote				at them = they	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at they=Location
2	run	past	they					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	past	they	Iktomi's shape twist	something	then	in the grass	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer twist=Stimulus
4	twist		Iktomi					nom twist «event transitive»: poss=agent

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