Test 11 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

yo, what's the thank-you sign the dude waved?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thank, you · What happens: be, sign, wave · To what, where: dude

This is test 11 · ★ 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	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thank	det
6	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 what	nsubj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 sign	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 sign	nsubj
9	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thank	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dude	det
11	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sign	obj
12	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 dude	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the thank		tree rules
2	sign	present	you	the dude	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dude=Destination
3	wave	participle		the dude not said here	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Both hands raised high above his head and waved up and down before her face slowly

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hands	det
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raised	nsubj:pass
3	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 raised	advmod
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 head	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 raised	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waved	cc
9	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 raised	conj
10	up	up	ADV	_	9 waved	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 down	cc
12	down	down	ADV	_	10 up	conj
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 face	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 face	nmod:poss
15	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waved	obl
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 waved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	participle · passive		both hands		his head		high property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme above head=Destination
2	wave	past				her face		slowly property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before face=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Hand up and down before her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hand	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 down	cc
4	down	down	ADV	_	1 Hand	conj
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 face	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand up	imperative	you not said here				before her face		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Hand raised in a quick salute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Hand	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 salute	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 salute	det
5	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 salute	amod
6	salute	salute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	participle		Hand not said here		a quick salute			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in salute=Destination

Option 4

Hand waved slowly in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 waved	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	Hand					in the air; slowly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in air=Theme

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