Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

So Moti dragged the tiger back to the serai, that's wild!

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Moti, that · What happens: drag, be · To what, where: tiger

This is test 6 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 dragged	advmod
2	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	nsubj
3	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tiger	det
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dragged	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 dragged	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 serai	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 serai	det
9	serai	serai	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wild	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 wild	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wild	cop
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dragged	conj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 dragged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	Moti	the tiger					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Theme
2	is	present	that					wild property	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

Yeah, he dragged it by its tail, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dragged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dragged	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dragged	nsubj
4	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dragged	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragged	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tail	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	he	it				by its tail and mate	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he rode it back on the pony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 rode	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 pony	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pony	det
9	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride back	past	he	it				on the pony	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Option 3

Nah, the king's grooms carried it on a litter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grooms	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	grooms	groom	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carried	nsubj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 carried	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 litter	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 litter	det
11	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the king's grooms	it		a litter			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he tied it up by the head and heels, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tied	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	nsubj
4	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 tied	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 head	det
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heels	cc
11	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 head	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tied	punct
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 tied	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past	he	it				by the head and heels	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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