Test 4 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…
wait, why'd the hunters bounce so fast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hunters · What happens: wait, bounce
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bounce | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 bounce | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 7 bounce | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hunters | det |
| 6 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bounce | nsubj |
| 7 | bounce | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | conj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 fast | advmod |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 bounce | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bounce | present | the hunters | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Because the stranger with the glowing arrow walked toward them, and they fled before he could shoot
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 walked | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stranger | det |
| 3 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 arrow | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 arrow | det |
| 6 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 arrow | amod |
| 7 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stranger | nmod |
| 8 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 walked | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fled | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fled | cc |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fled | nsubj |
| 14 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 walked | conj |
| 15 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 18 shoot | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 shoot | nsubj |
| 17 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 shoot | aux |
| 18 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 fled | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | walk | past | the stranger with the glowing arrow | toward them = they | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward they=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | flee | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | shoot | could | stranger | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They feared the arrow man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | They | the arrow man | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
Option 3
They feared the arrow man who had killed so many buffalo with one magic shot and walked off
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 killed | aux |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 many | advmod |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 buffalo | amod |
| 11 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 killed | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 shot | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 shot | nummod |
| 14 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 shot | compound |
| 15 | shot | shot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 walked | cc |
| 17 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 feared | conj |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 17 walked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | They | the arrow man | with one magic shot | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | kill | past · perfect · passive | the arrow man | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer buffalo=Result | |||||
| 3 | walk off | past | They not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They feared the bow man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | compound |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | They | the bow man | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
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