Test 3 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…
dude, what did the bear even say when he got all big and bossy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: say, get · To what, where: dude · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 say | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bear | det |
| 6 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 say | advmod |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 dude | conj |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 got | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | ccomp |
| 12 | all | all | ADV | _ | 13 big | advmod |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 got | xcomp |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bossy | cc |
| 15 | bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 big | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 dude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | dude | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | past | he | big property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
"Move out, I am bigger!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Move | punct |
| 2 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 Move | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bigger | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 bigger | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bigger | cop |
| 7 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 Move | conj |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 Move | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Move | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move out in a quote | imperative | you not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | big property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"I am strong, very strong!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 strong | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 strong | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 strong | cop |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 strong | punct |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 strong | advmod |
| 7 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 strong | conj |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 strong | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 strong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | I not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
"I want your house now!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 want | nsubj |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 want | obj |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 want | advmod |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | I | your house | now | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot house=Theme |
Option 4
"I am the strongest animal here, very strong indeed!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 animal | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 animal | nsubj |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 animal | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 animal | det |
| 5 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 animal | amod |
| 6 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 animal | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 strong | punct |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 strong | advmod |
| 10 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 animal | conj |
| 11 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 10 strong | advmod |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 animal | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 animal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | I | the strongest animal | here | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be in a quote | I not said here | indeed property | tree rules |
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