Test 6 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

ngl, why'd Iktomi jump for the flock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Iktomi · What happens: jump

This is test 6 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 jump	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 jump	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 jump	punct
5	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 jump	nsubj
6	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 flock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flock	det
9	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jump	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	infinitive	Iktomi					for the flock; ngl vocative	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

he wanted to dance and shouted hi

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 dance	mark
4	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shouted	cc
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
7	hi	hi	INTJ	_	6 shouted	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	past	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	dance not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shout speech: express	past	he not said here	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he heard the fawns laughing below and decided to prove himself by flying high above the forest trees

The tree, 18 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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fawns	det
4	fawns	fawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
5	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heard	advcl
6	below	below	ADV	_	5 laughing	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 decided	cc
8	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 prove	mark
10	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 decided	xcomp
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 prove	obj
12	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 flying	mark
13	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 prove	advcl
14	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 flying	advmod
15	above	above	ADP	_	18 trees	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 trees	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 trees	compound
18	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	he	the fawns			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fawn=Stimulus
2	laugh	gerund	he not said here			below property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	decide	past	he not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	prove not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	himself = he			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
5	fly	gerund	he not said here		the forest trees	high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above tree=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he wanted to soar and yelled wait up

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 soar	mark
4	soar	soar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 yelled	cc
6	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 yelled	ccomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 wait	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	past	he	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	soar not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	yell speech: express	past	he not said here	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	wait up	infinitive		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

he was so jealous of the birds that he could not stop himself and yelled wait up as they left

The tree, 20 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	4 jealous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 jealous	advmod
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 birds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 jealous	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 stop	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stop	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 stop	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stop	advmod
12	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 jealous	advcl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 stop	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 yelled	cc
15	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stop	conj
16	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 stop	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 wait	compound:prt
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 left	mark
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 left	nsubj
20	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		of the birds; jealous property	tree rules
2	not stop	could	he	himself = he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector himself=Eventuality
3	yell speech: express	past	he not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wait up	infinitive	he not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	leave	past	birds = bird			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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