Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Dude, the king's riddle was mad hard, right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude, king · What happens: be, riddle

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 riddle	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 riddle	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	conj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mad	cop
8	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 mad	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mad	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	8 mad	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Dude and the king's riddle					hard, mad property	tree rules
2	riddle		the king						nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Totally hard, the answer was a stone, obviously

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	2 hard	advmod
2	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 stone	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hard	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stone	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stone	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stone	punct
10	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	8 stone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the answer	a stone				hard, obviously property	tree rules

Option 2

Not really, Moti spotted the cloth, smelled the fruit, thought about the season, and then guessed a pomegranate right away

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	5 spotted	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spotted	nsubj
5	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloth	det
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spotted	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 smelled	punct
9	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spotted	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fruit	det
11	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smelled	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thought	punct
13	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 fruit	acl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 season	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 season	det
16	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thought	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 guessed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 guessed	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 guessed	advmod
20	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spotted	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 pomegranate	det
22	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 guessed	obj
23	right	right	ADV	_	24 away	advmod
24	away	away	ADV	_	20 guessed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	Moti	the cloth			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cloth=Destination
2	smell	past	Moti not said here	the fruit			vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fruit=Stimulus
3	think speech: other	participle		the fruit not said here	season		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	guess	past	Moti not said here	a pomegranate	then	away property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme

Option 3

It was mega hard, the king had hidden a peach, a melon and a jewel, and nobody could have guessed them all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hidden	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hidden	aux:pass
3	mega	mega	ADV	_	4 hard	advmod
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 hidden	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hard	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hidden	aux
9	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 peach	det
11	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 melon	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 melon	det
14	melon	melon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 peach	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 jewel	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 jewel	det
17	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 melon	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 guessed	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 guessed	cc
20	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	23 guessed	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 guessed	aux
22	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 guessed	aux
23	guessed	guess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 hidden	conj
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 guessed	obj
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 guessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive		It				hard property	tree rules
2	guess	could · perfect	nobody	peach					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme all=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not really, Moti guessed it was a pomegranate, sorted!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	5 guessed	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guessed	nsubj
5	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pomegranate	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pomegranate	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pomegranate	det
9	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guessed	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sorted	punct
11	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pomegranate	acl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 guessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	guess	past	Moti		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a pomegranate	tree rules
3	sort	participle		a pomegranate not said here	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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