Test 1 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

yo, did Iktomi actually glue the dude to a tree or nah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: glue · To what, where: Iktomi

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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	_	4 Iktomi	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Iktomi	aux
4	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 glue	obl
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 glue	advmod
6	glue	glue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dude	det
8	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glue	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glue	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 nah	cc
13	nah	nah	INTJ	_	11 tree	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 glue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glue	present		Iktomi				to a tree; actually property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent dude=Patient to tree=Co-Patient

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

Nope, he used real rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 used	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 used	nsubj
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rope	amod
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	he	real rope					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

Option 2

Yep, he glued him to the tree by muttering charm words and rubbing the arrow as he sang

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 glued	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glued	nsubj
4	glued	glue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glued	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glued	obl
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 muttering	mark
10	muttering	mutter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 glued	advcl
11	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 words	compound
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 muttering	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rubbing	cc
14	rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 muttering	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 arrow	det
16	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rubbing	obj
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 sang	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sang	nsubj
19	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 glued	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	glue	past	he	him = he	to the tree	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to tree=Co-Patient
2	mutter speech: assert	gerund	he not said here	charm words		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	rub	gerund	he not said here	the arrow		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme
4	sing speech: express	past	he			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he never touched him; the man stuck to the tree on his own, just like the bird said

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 touched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touched	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 touched	advmod
5	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touched	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 stuck	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	nsubj
10	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 own	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 own	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stuck	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
18	just	just	ADV	_	21 bird	advmod
19	like	like	ADP	_	21 bird	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bird	det
21	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 touched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not touch	past	he	him = he			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
2	stick	past	the man		man's own	to the tree	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on own=Destination
3	say speech: assert	past	the bird				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, with his charm words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 words	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 words	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
5	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	compound
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		his = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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