Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…
bro, how'd the peasant catch that sneaky Tanuki?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 catch | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 catch | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 7 catch | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 catch | det |
| 6 | peasant | peasant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 catch | amod |
| 7 | catch | catch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 bro | conj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 sneaky | nsubj |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 catch | amod |
| 10 | Tanuki | Tanuki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sneaky | flat |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he hid and then tied its tail
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 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tied | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 tied | advmod |
| 5 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tail | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tie | past | he not said here | its tail | then | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he hid and tied up its legs
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 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tied | cc |
| 4 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hid | conj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 tied | compound:prt |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 legs | nmod:poss |
| 7 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | its legs | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tie up | participle | he not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
he chased it into the woods and dropped a net right on top of it
The tree, 15 words
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 chased | nsubj |
| 2 | chased | chase | 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 chased | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 woods | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woods | det |
| 6 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chased | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dropped | cc |
| 8 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 chased | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 net | det |
| 10 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dropped | obj |
| 11 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 dropped | advmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 top | case |
| 13 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dropped | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 top | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | past | he | it | the woods | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into wood=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | drop | past | he not said here | a net | top of top | right property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent net=Theme on top=Destination |
Option 4
he hid behind the door and tied all four of its legs together tight
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 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tied | cc |
| 7 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 four | det |
| 9 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 tied | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 legs | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 legs | nmod:poss |
| 12 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 four | nmod |
| 13 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 hid | advmod |
| 14 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hid | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | the door | tight, together property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | |||
| 2 | tie | past | he not said here | all four of door's legs | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Patient |
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