Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch…

what did Toto do when the Witch hit him, did he bite her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toto, Witch · What happens: do, hit, bite · To what, where: Toto, Witch

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hit	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Witch	det
7	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hit	nsubj
8	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 do	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hit	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bite	punct
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bite	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bite	nsubj
13	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hit	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bite	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Toto		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	hit	past	the Witch	Toto	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
3	bite	past · do-support	Toto	Witch	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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

yes, bit her leg hard, go Toto, then he ran off to the yard

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ran	advcl
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 leg	nmod:poss
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obj
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 bit	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	parataxis
9	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 go	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ran	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 ran	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ran	nsubj
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 ran	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 yard	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 yard	det
17	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	Toto not said here	her leg		hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	go	infinitive		Toto			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location toto=Theme
3	run off	past	Toto		then	to the yard result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to yard=Result

Option 2

yes, he nipped her hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 nipped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nipped	nsubj
4	nipped	nip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hand	nmod:poss
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nip	past	he	her hand					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location hand=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yes, bit her leg, go Toto

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 leg	nmod:poss
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bit	conj
8	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past		her leg					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	go	infinitive		Toto					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location toto=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yes, bit her leg, go Toto, he's a good dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 leg	nmod:poss
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bit	conj
8	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dog	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dog	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dog	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dog	det
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dog	amod
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bite	past		her leg	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	go	infinitive		Toto	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location toto=Theme
3	is a	present	Toto	a good dog	tree rules

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