Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: th…

how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crab · What happens: figure out, be · To what, where: monkey

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1373 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: the monkey eats the ripe persimmons and kills the crab» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 figure	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 figure	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crab	det
4	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 crab	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 figure	advmod
8	figure	figure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 figure	compound:prt
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 monkey	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 monkey	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 monkey	det
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 figure	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 figure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	figure out	past · do-support							vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	crab	the monkey					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

he noticed the monkey's footprints nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 footprints	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 monkey	case
6	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 noticed	obj
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	2 noticed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	he	the monkey's footprints				nearby property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer footprint=Stimulus

Option 2

he smelled the fruit on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smelled	nsubj
2	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fruit	det
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smelled	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	he	the fruit				on him = he	vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme on he=Location

Option 3

he remembered his dad's story and then saw the peel under the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	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 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 saw	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 saw	advmod
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembered	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peel	det
11	peel	peel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obj
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	he	his dad's story					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Theme
2	see	past	he not said here	the peel		the tree	then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peel=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he remembered his dad's story and saw the peel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	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 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saw	cc
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembered	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peel	det
10	peel	peel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	he	his dad's story					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Theme
2	see	past	he not said here	the peel					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peel=Stimulus

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