Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

Yo, what did the bear do before the match?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: bear

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 match	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 match	det
10	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the bear					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Eventuality
2	do	present					before the match		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Built a wrestling platform and sharpened his claws for the match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 platform	det
3	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 platform	compound
4	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Built	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sharpened	cc
6	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Built	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 claws	nmod:poss
8	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sharpened	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 match	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 match	det
11	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sharpened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past		a wrestling platform					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product
2	sharpen	past		his claws				for the match	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent claw=Patient

Option 2

Made a lunch for everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lunch	det
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 everyone	case
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		a lunch				for everyone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lunch=Product for everyone=Beneficiary

Option 3

Carried stones to the plain and then carefully built a raised platform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carried	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 plain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plain	det
5	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carried	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 built	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 built	advmod
8	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	9 built	advmod
9	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Carried	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 platform	det
11	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 platform	amod
12	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 built	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle	stones	the plain			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme to plain=Destination
2	build	past	a raised platform		then	carefully property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product
3	raise	participle					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Built the wrestling platform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 platform	det
3	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 platform	compound
4	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Built	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past		the wrestling platform					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset platform=Product

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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