Test 4 · ★ · The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 1…

So, was the monster thing kinda scary for the town?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: monster thing

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» 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	So	so	ADV	_	8 scary	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thing	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thing	compound
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scary	nsubj
7	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 scary	advmod
8	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scary	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 scary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the monster thing					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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the whole town was totally terrified and locked their doors tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 terrified	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 town	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 town	amod
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 terrified	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 terrified	cop
7	totally	totally	ADV	_	8 terrified	advmod
8	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 locked	cc
10	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 terrified	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 doors	nmod:poss
12	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 locked	obj
13	tight	tight	ADV	_	10 locked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the whole town					terrified, totally property	tree rules
2	lock	past	the whole town not said here	their doors				tight property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, people were straight up terrified and hid in their houses all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 terrified	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 terrified	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 terrified	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 terrified	cop
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 terrified	advmod
6	up	up	ADV	_	7 terrified	advmod
7	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hid	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 terrified	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 houses	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 houses	nmod:poss
12	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hid	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	people					straight, terrified property	tree rules
2	hide	past	people not said here			people's houses	night		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location

Option 3

Nah, they just felt kinda uneasy, fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 felt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 felt	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 felt	advmod
5	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	7 uneasy	advmod
7	uneasy	uneasy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 felt	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fr	punct
9	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	they	fr				uneasy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, people were straight up terrified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 terrified	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 terrified	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 terrified	cop
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 up	advmod
6	up	up	ADV	_	7 terrified	advmod
7	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	people					terrified property	tree rules

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