Test 5 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

so when dad went to beg, what did the bear do, like for real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, bear · What happens: go, beg, do, like

This is test 5 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 went	advmod
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 beg	mark
6	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 beg	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
14	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 beg	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 real	case
16	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 like	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	past	dad		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	beg speech: request	to-infinitive	dad not said here		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
3	do	past · do-support	the bear		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	like	infinitive	dad not said here	for real	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for real=Attribute

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

shoved him hard with his big front paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 shoved	obj
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 shoved	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 paw	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 paw	nmod:poss
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 paw	amod
7	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 paw	amod
8	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 shoved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past		him = he				with his big front paw; hard property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

kicked him once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 kicked	obj
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past		him = he				once property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

pushed him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 pushed	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 pushed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push away	past		him = he				away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

kicked him over with his big hind foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 kicked	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	1 kicked	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 foot	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 foot	nmod:poss
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foot	amod
7	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foot	amod
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick over	past		him = he				with his big hind foot	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with foot=Instrument

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