Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n…

yo so the dog just starts digging and boom, gold, how is that even fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo · What happens: start, dig, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1369 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour borrows the magic mortar and breaks it» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starts	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 dog	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 starts	advmod
6	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	digging	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 starts	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 boom	cc
9	boom	boom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 digging	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gold	punct
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boom	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fair	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 fair	advmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fair	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 fair	mark
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 fair	advmod
17	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 digging	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	start	present	yo so the dog		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dig	gerund	yo so the dog not said here		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	yo so the dog not said here	fair property	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

Shiro dug up gold for his master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dug	compound:prt
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 master	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 master	nmod:poss
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dug	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	past	Shiro	gold				for Shiro's master	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Result for master=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Shiro led his master to the gold by digging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 digging	mark
9	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 led	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Shiro	Shiro's master		the gold			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination
2	dig	gerund	Shiro not said here						vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Shiro led his master to the gold by digging and barking loudly at the hole

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 digging	mark
9	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 led	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 barking	cc
11	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 digging	conj
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	11 barking	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 hole	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hole	det
15	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 barking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Shiro	Shiro's master	the gold		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination
2	dig	gerund	Shiro not said here				vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bark	gerund	Shiro not said here			at the hole; loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at hole=Stimulus

Option 4

Shiro led his master to the gold by digging under the yenoki tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 digging	mark
9	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 led	advcl
10	under	under	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	yenoki	yenoki	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Shiro	Shiro's master		the gold			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent master=Theme to gold=Destination
2	dig	gerund	Shiro not said here			the yenoki tree			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location

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