Test 9 · ★ · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

bro, what was the arrow's one rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: be · To what, where: one rule

This is test 9 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rule	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 rule	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rule	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arrow	det
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rule	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 arrow	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 rule	nummod
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	bro and the arrow's one rule	the arrow's one rule					tree rules

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

fly in a straight line, no curves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 line	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 line	det
4	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 line	amod
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 fly	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 curves	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 curves	det
8	curves	curve	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 line	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	imperative	you not said here			a straight line and no curves			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location

Option 2

your flight must always be in a straight line and you must never curve or circle back

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 flight	nmod:poss
2	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 line	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 line	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 line	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 line	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 line	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 line	det
8	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 line	amod
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 curve	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 curve	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 curve	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 curve	advmod
14	curve	curve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 line	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 circle	cc
16	circle	circle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 curve	conj
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 circle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	must	your flight	a straight line	always property	tree rules
2	not curve	must	you			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent
3	circle back	infinitive	you not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

never turn left or right ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 turn	advmod
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	left	left	ADV	_	2 turn	advmod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 right	cc
5	right	right	ADV	_	3 left	conj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	imperative	you not said here				ever	left property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

keep your speed low in wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 speed	nmod:poss
3	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 keep	obj
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 keep	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 wind	case
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 low	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	your speed				low property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=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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