Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

wait the old man lost his wen??

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old man · What happens: wait, lose · To what, where: wen

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wen	nmod:poss
7	wen	wen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	lose	past	the old man	man's wen					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wen=Eventuality

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, it popped off like a ripe plum and he ran home dancing the whole way

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 popped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 popped	nsubj
4	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 popped	compound:prt
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 plum	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plum	det
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plum	amod
9	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popped	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ran	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ran	nsubj
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 popped	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 ran	advmod
14	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 ran	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 way	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 way	amod
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dancing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pop off	past	it		like a ripe plum	vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	run	past	he		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dance	gerund	he not said here	the whole way		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, it just popped off like a ripe plum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 popped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 popped	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 popped	advmod
5	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 popped	compound:prt
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 plum	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plum	det
9	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plum	amod
10	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop off	past	it					like a ripe plum	vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

yep, it slid off like wet soap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 slid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slid	nsubj
4	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 slid	compound:prt
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 soap	case
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 soap	amod
8	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide off	past	it					like wet soap	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yep, it just popped off like a ripe plum and he was super happy about it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 popped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 popped	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 popped	advmod
5	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 popped	compound:prt
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 plum	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plum	det
9	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plum	amod
10	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popped	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 happy	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 happy	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 happy	cop
14	super	super	ADV	_	15 happy	advmod
15	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 popped	conj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 happy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop off	past	it					like a ripe plum	vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	he					about plum; happy, super property	tree rules

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