Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n…

lol the mean neighbour was so salty, what did he do to Shiro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mean neighbour, he · What happens: be, do · To what, where: Shiro

This is test 2 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 salty	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbour	det
3	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 neighbour	amod
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salty	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 salty	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 salty	advmod
7	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 salty	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Shiro	case
14	Shiro	Shiro	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the mean neighbour					salty property	tree rules
2	do	past · do-support	he		Shiro				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

struck him down with a rake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 struck	obj
3	down	down	ADP	_	1 struck	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rake	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rake	det
6	rake	rake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike down	past		him = he				with a rake	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with rake=Instrument

Option 2

struck him dead with a spade in his own garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 struck	obj
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 struck	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spade	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spade	det
6	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 struck	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 garden	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 garden	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 garden	amod
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		him = he		his own garden		with a spade; dead property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument

Option 3

struck him dead with a spade and buried him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 struck	obj
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 struck	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spade	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spade	det
6	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 struck	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 buried	cc
8	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 struck	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 buried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		him = he				with a spade; dead property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument
2	bury	past		him = he					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

struck him dead with a spade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 struck	obj
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 struck	xcomp
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spade	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spade	det
6	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		him = he				with a spade; dead property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with spade=Instrument

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