Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

Dude, the hare was so savage, he jeered at them and dipped!

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude, hare · What happens: be, jeer, dip

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 savage	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hare	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	conj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 savage	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 savage	advmod
7	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jeered	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jeered	nsubj
10	jeered	jeer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 savage	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jeered	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dipped	cc
14	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 jeered	conj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 savage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Dude and the hare	savage property	tree rules
2	jeer	past	hare	at Dude	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dip	past	hare not said here		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

What made the hare jeer at the crocs afterward?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jeer	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jeer	compound
5	jeer	jeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 crocs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crocs	det
8	crocs	croc	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obl
9	afterward	afterward	ADV	_	2 made	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		the hare jeer		the crocs		afterward property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material jeer=Product

Option 2

Why mock them?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 mock	advmod
2	mock	mock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mock	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 mock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	imperative	you not said here	them = they					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Why did the hare mock the crocs right after crossing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mock	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mock	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mock	nsubj
5	mock	mock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crocs	det
7	crocs	croc	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mock	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	10 crossing	advmod
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 crossing	mark
10	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mock	advcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past · do-support	the hare	the crocs					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croc=Theme
2	cross	gerund	the hare not said here					right property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Why did the hare laugh at them after crossing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 laugh	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 laugh	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laugh	nsubj
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laugh	obl
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 crossing	mark
9	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 laugh	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 laugh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past · do-support	the hare					at them = they	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cross	gerund	the hare not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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