Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the…

bruh the old man picked the tiny box, why would anyone do that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man, anyone · What happens: pick, do · To what, where: tiny box, that

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1344 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the greedy old wife opens the big box and finds demons» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	5 picked	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picked	nsubj
5	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 do	advmod
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 picked	conj
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 do	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	the old man	the tiny box					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient
2	do	would	anyone	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

cuz he was too old to lug the big heavy one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 old	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 old	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 old	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 old	advmod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lug	mark
7	lug	lug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 old	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lug	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cuz					old property	tree rules
2	lug	to-infinitive	cuz not said here	the big heavy one					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2

cuz the sparrow whispered that the tiny one was the lucky pick for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 whispered	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sparrow	det
3	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	nsubj
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 pick	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pick	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pick	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pick	det
11	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pick	amod
12	pick	pick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispered	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pick	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive				tree rules
2	whisper speech: assert	past	the sparrow			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is a	past	the tiny one	the lucky pick	for sparrow	tree rules

Option 3

cuz the big one had a busted lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 one	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lid	det
7	busted	bust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lid	amod
8	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cuz	infinitive			tree rules
2	have	past	the cuz big one	a busted lid	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Patient
3	bust	participle			vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

cuz he thought the tiny one was prettier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prettier	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 prettier	cop
8	prettier	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	cuz						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the tiny one					pretty property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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