Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

Yo, the monkey totally tricked that shark, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: trick · To what, where: shark

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tricked	nsubj
5	totally	totally	ADV	_	6 tricked	advmod
6	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 shark	mark
8	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tricked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tricked	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	6 tricked	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	the monkey	shark				totally property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=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

Yeah, he claimed his liver was on a branch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 claimed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 claimed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 claimed	nsubj
4	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 liver	nmod:poss
6	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 branch	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 branch	cop
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 branch	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 branch	det
10	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claimed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	his liver			a branch			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he told the shark his heart was hanging on a tree back on the island, lol

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shark	det
6	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hanging	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hanging	aux
10	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 told	ccomp
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hanging	obl
14	back	back	ADV	_	10 hanging	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 island	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 island	det
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hanging	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he	the shark					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent shark=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hang	past · progressive	his heart			a tree		on the island	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location

Option 3

Totally, he said his heart was hanging on a tall tree near the palace and the shark believed him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Totally	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 believed	parataxis
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanging	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hanging	aux
8	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tree	amod
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanging	obl
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanging	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 shark	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 shark	det
18	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 palace	conj
19	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 believed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			totally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hang	past · progressive	his heart		a tall tree	near the palace and the shark	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location
3	believe	past		heart			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he said his heart was hanging on a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 heart	nmod:poss
6	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanging	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hanging	aux
8	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hang	past · progressive	his heart			a tree			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location

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