Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Bruv, why did Moti reckon the thing wasn't a stone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Moti, thing · What happens: reckon, not be · To what, where: stone

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 reckon	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reckon	aux
5	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	nsubj
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stone	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stone	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stone	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reckon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · do-support	Moti					Bruv vocative	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	past	the thing	a stone					tree rules

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

Cos the box rattled when he shook it, so no stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 rattled	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rattled	nsubj
4	rattled	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 shook	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shook	nsubj
7	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rattled	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shook	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stone	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 stone	advmod
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rattled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	past	the box	no stone					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	past	he	box					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the box made no sound when it was shaken, the cloth was spotless and fine, and the king would never hide a stone like that

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 box	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 shaken	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shaken	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shaken	aux:pass
10	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 made	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spotless	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cloth	det
13	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spotless	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 spotless	cop
15	spotless	spotless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shaken	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fine	cc
17	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 spotless	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 hide	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 hide	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 king	det
21	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 hide	nsubj
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 hide	aux
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 hide	advmod
24	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	advcl
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 stone	det
26	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 hide	obj
27	like	like	ADP	_	28 that	case
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past		no sound	cos the box	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	shake	past · passive		sound		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient
3	is	past	the cloth		spotless property	tree rules
4	be		the cloth not said here			tree rules
5	not hide	would	the king	a stone	like that	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos the king wouldn't wrap a dirty stone in a clean cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 wrap	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrap	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wrap	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 wrap	advmod
6	wrap	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stone	det
8	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stone	amod
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrap	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 cloth	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cloth	det
12	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cloth	amod
13	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wrap	would	the king	a dirty stone		a clean cloth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme in cloth=Destination

Option 4

Cos a stone would have made the box too heavy for the king to carry out through the little door at the back

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	aux
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 heavy	advmod
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heavy	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 carry	mark
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 king	acl
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 carry	compound:prt
17	through	through	ADP	_	20 door	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 door	det
19	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 door	amod
20	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carry	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 back	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 back	det
23	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	would · perfect · passive		a stone					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary box=Product
2	carry out	to-infinitive				the little door		at the back	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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