Test 7 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…
so what got shot out of the tree for Iktomi's snack?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: shoot · To what, where: tree
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 shot | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 shot | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shot | aux:pass |
| 4 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shot | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 snack | case |
| 10 | Iktomi | Iktomi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 snack | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Iktomi | case |
| 12 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tree | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 shot | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past · passive | the tree for Iktomi's snack | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme out tree=Destination |
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
A sparrow in the willow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sparrow | det |
| 2 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 willow | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 willow | det |
| 5 | willow | willow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sparrow | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A bird on the highest branch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 branch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 branch | det |
| 5 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 branch | amod |
| 6 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bird | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A hawk on the top limb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hawk | det |
| 2 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 limb | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 limb | det |
| 5 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 limb | amod |
| 6 | limb | limb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hawk | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The yellow-breasted bird on the highest branch, which had been singing a warning the whole time
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bird | det |
| 2 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bird | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 yellow | punct |
| 4 | breasted | breast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 bird | amod |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 branch | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 branch | det |
| 8 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 branch | amod |
| 9 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bird | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 singing | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 singing | obj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 singing | aux |
| 13 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 singing | aux |
| 14 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 bird | acl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 warning | det |
| 16 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 singing | obj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 time | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 time | amod |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 singing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | breast | participle | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past · perfect · progressive | the yellow breasted bird on the highest branch | time | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary warning=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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