Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

lowkey wild, that Katoda dude just rolled up and told the whole story?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Katoda dude · What happens: roll up, tell · To what, where: whole story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» 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	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wild	amod
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rolled	parataxis
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rolled	punct
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 dude	det
5	Katoda	Katoda	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dude	compound
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 rolled	advmod
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 rolled	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 told	cc
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rolled	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 story	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 story	amod
14	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 told	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll up	past	that Katoda dude						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	that Katoda dude not said here	the whole story					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

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

Yep, he rode off and told nobody a thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 rode	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rode	conj
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 told	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	he	a thing					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		nobody				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he bowed to the ground and spilled everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 bowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bowed	nsubj
4	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spilled	cc
9	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bowed	conj
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 spilled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	he					to the ground	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme
2	spill	past	he not said here	everything					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme

Option 3

Nope, he waited three days, then went to the Prince's chamber and told a completely different version of the events

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 waited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waited	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 went	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 went	advmod
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 chamber	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 chamber	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Prince	case
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 told	cc
16	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 version	det
18	completely	completely	ADV	_	19 different	advmod
19	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 version	amod
20	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 events	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 events	det
23	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 version	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	wait	past	he			day	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	he not said here		the Prince's chamber	then	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to chamber=Initial_Location
3	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here	a different version of the events			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent version=Recipient

Option 4

Yep, he sprinted across the whole estate, kneeling before every servant and shouting the full tale to the crowd

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 sprinted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sprinted	nsubj
4	sprinted	sprint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	8 estate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 estate	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 estate	amod
8	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprinted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kneeling	punct
10	kneeling	kneel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sprinted	advcl
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 servant	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 servant	det
13	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kneeling	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shouting	cc
15	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 kneeling	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tale	det
17	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 tale	amod
18	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouting	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 crowd	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 crowd	det
21	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	sprint	past	he			the whole estate	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across estate=Trajectory
2	kneel	gerund	he not said here			every servant	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before servant=Location
3	shout speech: express	gerund	he not said here	the full tale	the crowd		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Topic to crowd=Recipient

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