Test 6 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…
lol, what was up with that sneaky Iktomi and the pit thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 lol | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 was | compound:prt |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 Iktomi | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 Iktomi | nsubj |
| 8 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Iktomi | amod |
| 9 | Iktomi | Iktomi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 was | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 thing | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 thing | det |
| 12 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thing | compound |
| 13 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Iktomi | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 what | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he jumped in the pit to try to get brown spots from the fawn
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pit | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pit | det |
| 5 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 try | mark |
| 7 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 jumped | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 try | xcomp |
| 10 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spots | amod |
| 11 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 get | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 fawn | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fawn | det |
| 14 | fawn | fawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | he | the pit | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pit=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | try | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | brown spots | the fawn | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spot=Theme from fawn=Source |
Option 2
he tricked the fawn with 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 tricked | nsubj |
| 2 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fawn | det |
| 4 | fawn | fawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tricked | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 words | case |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tricked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | he | the fawn | with words | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fawn=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he jumped in to get brown spots
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 jumped | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 jumped | advcl |
| 6 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spots | amod |
| 7 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | he not said here | brown spots | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus |
Option 4
he jumped in the pit to get brown spots for his face
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pit | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pit | det |
| 5 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 jumped | advcl |
| 8 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spots | amod |
| 9 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 face | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | he | the pit | for his face | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pit=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | he not said here | brown spots | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus |
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