Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Why'd he pick the tiny pony, though? Such a random choice!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: pick · To what, where: tiny pony

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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

Sentence 1: Why'd he pick the tiny pony, though?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 pick	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pick	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pick	nsubj
4	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pony	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pony	amod
7	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pick	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 though	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	4 pick	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	would	he	the tiny pony					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=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.

Sentence 2: Such a random choice!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	4 choice	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 choice	det
3	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 choice	amod
4	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 choice	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Cos he had ridden ponies before and knew they were safe, so he could ride the whole day without a single fall

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 ridden	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ridden	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ridden	aux
4	ridden	ride	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ridden	obj
6	before	before	ADV	_	4 ridden	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knew	cc
8	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ridden	conj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 safe	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knew	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ride	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 ride	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 ride	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 ride	aux
16	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ridden	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 day	amod
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ride	obl:unmarked
20	without	without	ADP	_	23 fall	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 fall	det
22	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 fall	amod
23	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past · perfect	he	ponies		before property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Theme
2	know	past	he not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	ponies = pony			safe property	tree rules
4	ride	could	he		day	without a single fall	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Cos he thought the little pony would carry him all the way to the front, and he could ride it without much trouble at all

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 thought	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pony	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pony	amod
6	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 carry	aux
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thought	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carry	obj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obl:unmarked
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 front	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 front	det
15	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carry	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ride	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 ride	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 ride	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 ride	aux
20	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thought	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 ride	obj
22	without	without	ADP	_	24 trouble	case
23	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 trouble	amod
24	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 ride	obl
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry	would	the little pony	him = he	the front	all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to front=Destination
3	ride	could	pony	front	all	without much trouble	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Option 3

Cos it looked calm and was the king's favourite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 looked	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 king	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 king	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl:unmarked
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	it					calm, favourite property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past						's the king	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos if he fell off it, he'd not hurt himself much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 fell	mark
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 fell	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	advcl
5	off	off	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 hurt	obj
13	much	much	ADV	_	11 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	he	it					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent
2	not hurt	would	he	himself = he					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Patient

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