Test 3 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

dude, where was he chillin when he saw the bird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, dude · What happens: be, see · To what, where: chillin, bird

This is test 3 · ★ 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chillin	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 chillin	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chillin	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chillin	nsubj
6	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dude	conj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 saw	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bird	det
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	chillin					tree rules
2	see	past	dude and chillin	the bird					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus

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

under a big old tree at the edge of the woods where the river bends slowly

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	under	under	ADP	_	5 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 edge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 edge	det
8	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 woods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woods	det
11	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 edge	nmod
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 bends	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bends	nsubj
15	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 woods	acl:relcl
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	15 bends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	the river					slowly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

under a tree in the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	under	under	ADP	_	3 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 woods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woods	det
6	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tree	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

behind a bush near the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 bush	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bush	det
3	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bush	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

hiding behind a large rock on the hill above the camp where the fawns sleep at night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 rock	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rock	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rock	amod
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hiding	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hill	det
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hiding	obl
9	above	above	ADP	_	11 camp	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 camp	det
11	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hill	nmod
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 sleep	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fawns	det
14	fawns	fawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sleep	nsubj
15	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 camp	acl:relcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a large rock	night	on the hill above the camp	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location
2	sleep	present	the fawns						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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