Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

ok but what did the old man do when he got home?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: do, get · To what, where: old man

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 did	cc
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 got	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the old man		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	do	present				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	man		home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

ate what was served to him, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 served	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux:pass
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 ate	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 served	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ate	punct
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 ate	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past							tree rules
2	serve	past · passive			him = he				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient

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

ate the dinner set in front of him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dinner	det
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ate	obj
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dinner	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past		the dinner					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient
2	set	participle		the dinner not said here		front of him			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in front=Destination

Option 3

ate the rice, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rice	det
3	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ate	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bro	punct
5	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ate	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past		the rice				bro vocative	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Patient

Option 4

drank the soup they gave him, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 soup	det
3	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 drank	obj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 soup	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 drank	punct
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 drank	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past		the soup					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient
2	give	past	they	the soup not said here	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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