Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

wait, is Manstin's grandma lowkey scary or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, grandma · What happens: wait, be

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 scary	punct
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 scary	cop
4	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grandma	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Manstin	case
6	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scary	nsubj
7	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	8 scary	advmod
8	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 scary	conj
11	?	?	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	is	present	Manstin's grandma					lowkey, scary property	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

She is a wise old owl who scolded him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 owl	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 owl	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 owl	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owl	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owl	amod
6	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 scolded	nsubj
8	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 owl	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 scolded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a wise old owl					tree rules
2	scold	past	a wise old owl	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She is a bent old rabbit who warned him about Iktomi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rabbit	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rabbit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rabbit	det
4	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rabbit	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rabbit	amod
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 warned	nsubj
8	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rabbit	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 warned	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 Iktomi	case
11	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a bent old rabbit					tree rules
2	warn speech: warn	past	a bent old rabbit		rabbit			about Iktomi	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about iktomi=Topic

Option 3

She is a witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 witch	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 witch	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a witch					tree rules

Option 4

She is a sad widow who cooks well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 widow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 widow	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 widow	det
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 widow	amod
5	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 cooks	nsubj
7	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 widow	acl:relcl
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 cooks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a sad widow					tree rules
2	cook	present	a sad widow					well property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

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