Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

bro, why did Manstin end up in the water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Manstin · What happens: end up · To what, where: water

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 end	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 end	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 end	aux
5	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
6	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 end	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	past · do-support	Manstin					in the water result; bro vocative	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in water=Result

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

The old rope, which was weak and rotten with age, snapped suddenly when he jerked it hard

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	3 rope	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rope	amod
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snapped	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 weak	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 weak	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	cop
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rope	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rotten	cc
9	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 weak	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 age	case
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weak	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rope	punct
13	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	13 snapped	advmod
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 jerked	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 jerked	nsubj
17	jerked	jerk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 snapped	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 jerked	obj
19	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 jerked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old rope		with age	weak property	tree rules
2	be		the old rope not said here				tree rules
3	snap	past	the old rope			suddenly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	jerk	past	rope	age		hard property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

The brook was too deep and slippery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 brook	det
2	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deep	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deep	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 deep	advmod
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slippery	cc
7	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the brook					deep property	tree rules
2	be		the brook not said here						tree rules

Option 3

He lost his footing on the wet stones while trying to carry a heavy bundle of food and the old man's staff at once

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 footing	nmod:poss
4	footing	footing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 stones	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stones	det
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stones	amod
8	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 trying	mark
10	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lost	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 carry	mark
12	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trying	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bundle	det
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bundle	amod
15	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 food	case
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bundle	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 staff	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 man	det
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 man	amod
21	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 staff	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 man	case
23	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 food	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 once	case
25	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his footing	the wet stones	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footing=Eventuality
2	try	gerund	He not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a heavy bundle of food and the old man's staff		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The old rope snapped when he jerked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rope	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rope	amod
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapped	nsubj
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 jerked	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 jerked	nsubj
7	jerked	jerk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 jerked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	the old rope						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	jerk	past	rope	it					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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