Test 1 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

yo, the bear just walked in and sat by the door like he owned the place, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear · What happens: walk in, sit, own · To what, where: place

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sat	cc
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 walked	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 door	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	obl
13	like	like	SCONJ	_	15 owned	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 owned	nsubj
15	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sat	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 place	det
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 owned	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 owned	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	9 sat	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	walk in	past	the bear			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	past	the bear not said here		by the door	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location
3	own	past	bear	the place		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and the badgers let him, which was wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 badgers	det
5	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wild	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wild	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wild	cop
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the badgers	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	past						wild property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he came in and sat, just like that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sat	cc
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 that	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 that	advmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	past	he						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sit	past	he not said here					like that	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, and the badgers let him in without a fight, which was really wild to see

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 badgers	det
5	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 fight	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fight	det
11	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wild	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 wild	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wild	cop
15	really	really	ADV	_	16 wild	advmod
16	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fight	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 see	mark
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wild	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let in	infinitive	the badgers	him = he	without a fight	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	past	a fight		wild property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	a fight not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

yeah, and the badgers let him, which was wild, and then the bear's whole family came in too for dinner

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 badgers	det
5	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wild	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wild	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wild	cop
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 let	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 came	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 came	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bear	det
16	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 family	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 bear	case
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 family	amod
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wild	advcl
21	in	in	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
22	too	too	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 dinner	case
24	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the badgers	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	past				wild property	tree rules
3	come in	past	the bear's whole family		then	for dinner	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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