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Test 4 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…

Proper gutted for the badger, innit? What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: rabbit · What happens: gut, innit, be, say, do, hit · To what, where: badger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» 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

Sentence 1: Proper gutted for the badger, innit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	properly	ADV	_	2 gutted	advmod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 badger	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 badger	det
5	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gutted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 innit	punct
7	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gutted	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle						for the badger; properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	innit	infinitive							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.

Sentence 2: What was the rabbit saying he was doing when he hit him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rabbit	acl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 doing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 doing	aux
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 saying	ccomp
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 hit	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hit	nsubj
11	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 doing	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hit	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the rabbit						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	the rabbit not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	past · progressive	rabbit						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	hit	past	rabbit	badger					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme

The options

Option 1

getting revenge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 getting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		revenge					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus

Option 2

defending the old woman's honour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	defending	defend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 honour	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 woman	case
6	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 defending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	gerund		the old woman's honour					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Beneficiary
2	honour		the old woman						nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

avenging the old woman's murder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	avenging	avenge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 murder	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 woman	case
6	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 avenging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avenge	gerund		the old woman's murder					tree rules
2	murder		the old woman						nom murder «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

saving the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fish	det
3	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 saving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	gerund		the fish					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

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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