Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole…
did the people go all out with paint, or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: go
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 out | advmod |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 paint | case |
| 8 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 go | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | the people | with paint; out property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with paint=Beneficiary |
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
Bright red paint on their cheeks, their arms, and the palms of their hands, mixed with bear fat
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 3 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 cheeks | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 paint | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 arms | punct |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 arms | nmod:poss |
| 9 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 paint | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mixed | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 mixed | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 palms | det |
| 13 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 hands | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hands | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 palms | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mixed | punct |
| 18 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 paint | conj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 fat | case |
| 20 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fat | compound |
| 21 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | participle · passive | the palms of palms's hands | with bear fat | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with fat=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Black stripes on their faces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stripes | amod |
| 2 | stripes | stripe | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 faces | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 faces | nmod:poss |
| 5 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stripes | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Bright red paint on their cheeks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 3 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 cheeks | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 paint | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Bright red paint on their cheeks and on their foreheads for the whole feast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 paint | amod |
| 3 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 cheeks | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 paint | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 foreheads | cc |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 foreheads | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 foreheads | nmod:poss |
| 10 | foreheads | forehead | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cheeks | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 feast | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 feast | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 feast | amod |
| 14 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cheeks | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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