Test 2 · ★ · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

Wait, why'd the Tanuki jump in the big boat, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Wait	parataxis
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 jump	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jump	det
6	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 jump	compound
7	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 why	appos
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 boat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boat	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boat	amod
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jump	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct
13	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cause he thought it'd hold more fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	3 thought	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hold	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hold	aux
6	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thought	ccomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 fish	amod
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hold	would	it	more fish					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Option 2

Cause it looked like a safer boat to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	3 looked	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 boat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
6	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 boat	amod
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	it		him = he			like a safer boat	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cause he wanted to catch a whale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	acl:relcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 catch	mark
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whale	det
7	whale	whale	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	Cause not said here					tree rules
2	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cause not said here	a whale					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whale=Theme

Option 4

Cause he was scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 scared	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scared	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					scared property	tree rules

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