Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

so the centipede was dead for real, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: centipede · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» 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	_	5 dead	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 centipede	det
3	centipede	centipede	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dead	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dead	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 real	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dead	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	5 dead	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the centipede					for real; dead 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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, it fell in the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	it			the lake			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in lake=Location

Option 2

no, it was still alive and slipped back into the lake after the battle

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 alive	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 alive	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 alive	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 alive	advmod
6	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slipped	cc
8	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 alive	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 slipped	advmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 lake	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slipped	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 battle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 battle	det
15	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it				still	alive property	tree rules
2	slip back	past				the lake	after the battle		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, its body floated on the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 body	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 body	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 body	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle		its body not said here		the lake			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lake=Trajectory

Option 4

yeah, its body floated on the lake, dyed red with blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 body	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 body	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 body	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floated	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dyed	punct
10	dyed	dye	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 body	conj
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dyed	xcomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 blood	case
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle		its body not said here		the lake			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lake=Trajectory
2	dye	participle						with blood; red property	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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