Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

so the river was muddy and gross, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: river · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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	_	5 muddy	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 muddy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 muddy	cop
5	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gross	cc
7	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 muddy	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 right	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	5 muddy	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 muddy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the river					muddy property	tree rules
2	be		the river not said here						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

yes, it was thick with brown mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 thick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thick	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thick	cop
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 mud	case
7	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mud	amod
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					with brown mud; thick property	tree rules

Option 2

yes, the water was brown and gross with mud and debris

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 brown	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brown	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brown	cop
6	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gross	cc
8	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brown	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 mud	case
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brown	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 debris	cc
12	debris	debris	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the water					with mud and debris; brown property	tree rules
2	be		the water not said here						tree rules

Option 3

nope, it was actually very clean but a bit cold and dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	7 clean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 clean	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 clean	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 clean	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 clean	advmod
7	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 cold	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bit	det
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	obl:unmarked
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clean	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dark	cc
13	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	it		actually, clean property	tree rules
2	be			a bit		tree rules
3	be					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nope, it was clear as crystal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 clear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clear	expl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clear	cop
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 crystal	case
7	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						as crystal; clear property	tree rules

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