Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

Wait, why did the monkey even go with the shark?

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

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 shark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shark	det
11	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
12	?	?	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	go	past · do-support	you not said here					with the shark	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with shark=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

The shark promised him a big reward to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 promised	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reward	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reward	amod
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reward	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	the shark	a big reward	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal reward=Theme
2	come	to-infinitive	the shark not said here	a big reward not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He was bored and wanted to see the sea stuff

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	3 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	cop
3	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stuff	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuff	compound
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		bored property	tree rules
2	want	past	He not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the sea stuff		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus

Option 3

The shark had tricked him into coming, but he was bored and curious about the sea

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tricked	aux
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	obj
6	into	into	SCONJ	_	7 coming	mark
7	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 tricked	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bored	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 bored	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bored	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bored	cop
12	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tricked	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 curious	cc
14	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bored	conj
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 curious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trick	past · perfect · passive		the shark		tree rules
2	come	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	he		bored property	tree rules
4	be		he not said here		about the sea	tree rules

Option 4

He was bored of the town and wanted to see the sea stuff with his own eyes

The tree, 17 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	3 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	aux:pass
3	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 town	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 town	det
6	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stuff	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stuff	compound
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 see	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 eyes	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 eyes	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 eyes	amod
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bore	past · passive	He	of the town	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	want	past			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the sea stuff	with his own eyes	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus

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