Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

so the old lady finds this giant peach floating in the river, right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old lady, giant peach · What happens: find, float · To what, where: giant peach, river

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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 finds	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	nsubj
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 peach	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 peach	amod
8	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	obj
9	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 peach	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floating	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 finds	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	5 finds	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	the old lady	this giant peach					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peach=Topic
2	float	gerund	this giant peach not said here			the river			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Trajectory

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

Yep, she was washing clothes when she spotted it and then she called her husband over right away

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 washing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 washing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 washing	aux
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 spotted	advcl
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 washing	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 spotted	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spotted	nsubj
9	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spotted	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 called	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 called	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 called	nsubj
14	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 spotted	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 husband	nmod:poss
16	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 called	obj
17	over	over	ADV	_	14 called	advmod
18	right	right	ADV	_	19 away	advmod
19	away	away	ADV	_	14 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past · progressive	she	clothes				vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient
2	spot	past	she	it				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	call over speech: assert	past	she		her husband	then	away, over property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient

Option 2

Nope, the old man was fishing when he saw it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	7 fishing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fishing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fishing	aux
7	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fishing	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish	past · progressive	the old man						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	man	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yep, she found it floating by the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	obj
6	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 found	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	she	it					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
2	float	gerund						by the bank	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bank=Trajectory

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

Yep, she was washing clothes when she spotted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 washing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 washing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 washing	aux
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 washing	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 spotted	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spotted	nsubj
9	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 washing	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spotted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past · progressive	she	clothes					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient
2	spot	past	she	it					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination

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