Test 9 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

bruh, did the woman know if he was a spirit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, know, be · To what, where: woman, spirit

This is test 9 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woman	det
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 woman	appos
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 spirit	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spirit	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 spirit	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 spirit	det
11	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		the woman	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Eventuality
2	know	present			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	past	he	a spirit	tree rules

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

Nope, she just thought him odd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 thought	advmod
5	thought	think	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 thought	obj
7	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thought	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she	him = he				odd property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

Nope, she ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	she						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nope, she just cut him loose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod
5	cut	cut	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 cut	obj
7	loose	loose	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	she	him = he				loose property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product

Option 4

Nope, she had no idea what he was, but she cut the bark loose and let him go free

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 idea	det
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 had	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 was	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cut	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 cut	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cut	nsubj
13	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bark	det
15	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cut	obj
16	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cut	xcomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 let	cc
18	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 let	obj
20	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 let	xcomp
21	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	no idea		tree rules
2	cut	past	she	the bark	loose property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Product
3	let	infinitive	she not said here	him = he		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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