Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…

That monkey the White Cat rode, I was lowkey shook, was it real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: monkey, I, Cat · What happens: ride, be · To what, where: lowkey shook

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny 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 monkey	det
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rode	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
4	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Cat	compound
5	Cat	Cat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 rode	nsubj
6	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shook	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 shook	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shook	cop
10	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shook	amod
11	shook	shook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rode	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 real	punct
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 real	cop
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 real	nsubj
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rode	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 rode	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ride	past	that monkey			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	I	lowkey shook		tree rules
3	is	past	Cat		real 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

Nah, it was a toy, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 toy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 toy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 toy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 toy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a toy and mate					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it climbed right up to the eagles' nests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 climbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 climbed	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climbed	nsubj
4	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 climbed	advmod
6	up	up	ADP	_	11 nests	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 nests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eagles	det
9	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 nests	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 eagles	case
11	nests	nest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	it			the eagles's nests		right property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up nest=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, it hopped right down to the river banks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hopped	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hopped	nsubj
4	hopped	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 down	advmod
6	down	down	ADV	_	4 hopped	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 banks	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 banks	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 banks	compound
10	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	past	it			the river banks		down property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bank=Destination

Option 4

Nah, it sat on a stick the whole time, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 stick	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	it			a stick	time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stick=Location

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