Test 12 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

deadass, how did the fawn's mom make the spots?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deadass · What happens: do, make · To what, where: mom, spots

This is test 12 · ★ 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	deadass	deadass	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 make	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 deadass	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fawn	det
6	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mom	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 fawn	case
8	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spots	det
11	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 make	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the fawn's mom					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mom=Eventuality
2	make	present	deadass	the spots					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Product

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

she dug a deep hole in the ground and burned the spots on the fawn's face with red hot coals

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hole	amod
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burned	cc
10	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dug	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spots	det
12	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 burned	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	17 face	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fawn	det
15	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 face	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 fawn	case
17	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 coals	case
19	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 coals	amod
20	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 coals	amod
21	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	she	a deep hole		the ground			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in ground=Location
2	burn	past	she not said here	the spots		the fawn's face		with red hot coals	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent spot=Patient with coal=Instrument

Option 2

she rolled in mud and painted them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rolled	nsubj
2	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 mud	case
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rolled	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 painted	cc
6	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rolled	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 painted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	she			mud			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory
2	paint	past	she not said here	them = they					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination

Option 3

she rubbed her face against a hot stone until the brown dots appeared on the fawn's skin at dusk

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbed	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	8 stone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stone	amod
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubbed	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 appeared	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dots	det
11	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dots	amod
12	dots	dot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 appeared	nsubj
13	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rubbed	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	18 skin	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fawn	det
16	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 skin	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 fawn	case
18	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 appeared	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 dusk	case
20	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 skin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	she	her face		a hot stone			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme against stone=Destination
2	appear	past	the brown dots			the fawn's skin at dusk			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on skin=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

dug a hole and burnt them with hot fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dug	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 burnt	cc
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 dug	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 burnt	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fire	amod
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burnt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past		a hole					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme
2	burnt	past		them = they				with hot fire	tree rules

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