Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

that rope thing, why does the blind guy even have it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rope thing · What happens: have · To what, where: guy

This is test 9 · ★ 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 thing	det
2	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thing	compound
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	nsubj:outer
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 does	punct
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 does	advmod
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guy	det
8	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guy	amod
9	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obj
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 have	advmod
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	that rope thing	guy					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

To tie down the tent poles so the wind cannot carry them away while he sleeps

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tie	mark
2	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 tie	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poles	det
5	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poles	compound
6	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tie	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 carry	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 carry	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 carry	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 carry	advmod
12	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tie	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carry	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 carry	advmod
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 sleeps	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sleeps	nsubj
17	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 carry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tie down	to-infinitive		the tent poles		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Patient
2	not carry away	can	the wind	poles = pole	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	sleep	present	wind			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To tie the bundles of food together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tie	mark
2	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bundles	det
4	bundles	bundle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tie	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bundles	nmod
7	together	together	ADV	_	2 tie	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	to-infinitive		the bundles of food				together property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To find his way to the brook for water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 brook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brook	det
7	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brook	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		his way				to the brook for water	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 4

To guide the blind man through the dark forest so that he can hunt bears in the valley

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guide	mark
2	guide	guide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guide	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forest	amod
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guide	obl
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 hunt	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hunt	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 hunt	aux
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 guide	advcl
15	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 hunt	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 valley	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 valley	det
18	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	to-infinitive		the blind man		the dark forest			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme through forest=Destination
2	hunt	can	man	bears		the valley			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bear=Theme in valley=Location

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