Test 3 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

lowkey, why did he stick the arrow in his mouth lol?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: lowkey · What happens: stick · To what, where: arrow, mouth

This is test 3 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stick	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lowkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 stick	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stick	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stick	nsubj
6	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 arrow	det
8	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	obl
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 stick	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past · do-support	lowkey	the arrow		lowkey's mouth		lowkey vocative	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme in mouth=Destination

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

centipedes can't stand the taste of salt, so he used his mouth to wet the arrow

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	centipedes	centipede	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stand	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 stand	advmod
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 taste	det
6	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 salt	case
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taste	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 used	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 used	nsubj
12	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stand	parataxis
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mouth	nmod:poss
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 wet	mark
16	wet	wet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 arrow	det
18	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not stand	can	centipedes	the taste of salt	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus
2	use	past	he	his mouth	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient
3	wet	to-infinitive	he not said here	the arrow	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient
4	taste			salt	nom taste «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

spit kills centipedes, so he wanted to add his breath to the arrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kills	nsubj
2	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	centipedes	centipede	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kills	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wanted	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 wanted	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kills	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 add	mark
9	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 breath	nmod:poss
11	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 add	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 arrow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arrow	det
14	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kill	present	spit	centipedes		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centipede=Theme
2	want	past	spit			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	add speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	spit not said here	spit's breath	to the arrow	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent breath=Patient to arrow=Co-Patient

Option 3

it's lucky for archers

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	3 lucky	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lucky	cop
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 archers	case
5	archers	archer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lucky	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					for archers; lucky property	tree rules

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

spit kills centipedes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kills	nsubj
2	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	centipedes	centipede	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present	spit	centipedes					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent centipede=Theme

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