Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

so the stepmom spied on them the whole time, huh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: spy · To what, where: stepmom

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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	_	3 stepmom	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepmom	det
3	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	spied	spy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stepmom	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spied	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spied	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 huh	punct
11	huh	huh	INTJ	_	3 stepmom	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stepmom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	participle		the stepmom not said here			time	on them = they	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she peeked through the screen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 peeked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 peeked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 peeked	nsubj
4	peeked	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 screen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 screen	det
7	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peeked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	past	she					through the screen	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through screen=Theme

Option 2

yeah, she listened from outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 listened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 listened	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 listened	nsubj
4	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 outside	case
6	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 listened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	she						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from outside=Theme

Option 3

yup, she eavesdropped the whole time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eavesdropped	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eavesdropped	nsubj
4	eavesdropped	eavesdrop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eavesdropped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eavesdrop	past	she	yup			time		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

nah, she didn't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	she						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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