Test 10 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma…

Ngl, how'd Gon sort the snake out, did he chill or bite it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ngl, snake · What happens: sort out, chill, bite · To what, where: snake, it

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1612 «Pink Fairy Book, The Cat's Elopement, part 1: Gon and Koma run away, but a big dog splits them up» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sort	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Gon	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 Gon	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 Gon	aux
5	Gon	Gon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ngl	conj
6	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snake	det
8	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sort	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	6 sort	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chill	punct
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 chill	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chill	nsubj
13	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sort	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 bite	cc
15	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 chill	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bite	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sort out	present	Ngl and Gon	the snake	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme
2	chill	past · do-support	snake		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	bite	infinitive	snake not said here	it	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

He pushed it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 pushed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push away	past	He	it				away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

He bit it and shook it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shook	cc
5	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bit	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	He	it					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	shake	past	He not said here	it					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

He scratched and fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scratched	nsubj
2	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fled	cc
4	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scratched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	He						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flee	past	He not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt

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

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