Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

that dog was basically the size of a horse, bruh

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be · To what, where: size

This is test 4 · ★ 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 size	cop
4	basically	basically	ADV	_	6 size	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 horse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 horse	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 size	punct
11	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	6 size	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that dog	the size				of a horse; basically property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, almost as big as a colt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 big	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 colt	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 colt	det
8	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 big	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, almost as big as a colt, and he walked beside the boy the whole way down the road

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 big	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 colt	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 colt	det
8	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 big	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walked	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 walked	nsubj
12	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 big	conj
13	beside	beside	ADP	_	15 boy	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walked	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 way	amod
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walked	obl
19	down	down	ADP	_	21 road	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 road	det
21	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he	the whole way down the road				beside the boy	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside boy=Trajectory

Option 3

Yes, almost as tall as a man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 tall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 tall	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 tall	advmod
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tall	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yeah, almost as big as a colt, and he had a fierce bark that scared everybody

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 big	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 colt	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 colt	det
8	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 big	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 had	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 had	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 big	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bark	det
14	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bark	amod
15	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 scared	nsubj
17	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bark	acl:relcl
18	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	a fierce bark					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Patient

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