Test 6 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…
Nah, no way the rabbit's living with the farmer now, is he?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbit, living · What happens: live, be · To what, where: way, rabbit
This is test 6 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 living | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 way | det |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 living | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rabbit | det |
| 6 | rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 living | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 living | aux |
| 8 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 he | csubj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 farmer | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 farmer | det |
| 11 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 living | obl |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 living | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 living | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 he | cop |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 he | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present · progressive | the rabbit | no way | now | with the farmer | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with farmer=Location | ||
| 2 | is a | present | living | rabbit | 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
No, he moved away to the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 moved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 moved | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 moved | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hills | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hills | det |
| 8 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | past | he | the hills | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hill=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the farmer took him in only after the badger was sent away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 farmer | det |
| 4 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 badger | case |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 badger | advmod |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 badger | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 badger | det |
| 11 | badger | badger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | obl |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 sent | aux:pass |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 took | conj |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the farmer | him = he | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | ||||
| 2 | send away | past · passive | the farmer not said here | in the badger; away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP» |
Option 3
Yeah, he stays in the old barn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stays | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stays | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stays | nsubj |
| 4 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 barn | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 barn | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 barn | amod |
| 8 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | he | the old barn | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in barn=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he lives with the old farmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lives | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lives | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lives | nsubj |
| 4 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 farmer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 farmer | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 farmer | amod |
| 8 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | he | with the old farmer | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with farmer=Location |
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