Test 1 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

ok so the jackal was literally trying to get a dove baby, mate, like dead rude innit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: jackal · What happens: try, get · To what, where: dove baby

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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	_	7 trying	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 trying	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jackal	det
4	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trying	aux
6	literally	literally	ADV	_	7 trying	advmod
7	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 trying	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 baby	det
11	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baby	compound
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baby	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	19 innit	case
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 innit	amod
18	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 innit	amod
19	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trying	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	the jackal					literally property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	the jackal not said here	a dove baby and mate					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried it on like three times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sneaky	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sneaky	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sneaky	advmod
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tried	cc
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tried	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	8 tried	compound:prt
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 times	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 times	nummod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the jackal					sneaky, well property	tree rules
2	try on	past	the jackal not said here	jackal			time		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

yeah the jackal was dead sneaky and tried it on twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sneaky	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sneaky	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sneaky	amod
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tried	cc
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tried	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	8 tried	compound:prt
11	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 sneaky	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the jackal					sneaky, twice property	tree rules
2	try on	past	the jackal not said here	jackal					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

nah the jackal was actually quite nice and only asked for one little dove to share with the others because he was hungry, which is fair enough really innit

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 nice	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nice	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nice	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 nice	advmod
6	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 nice	advmod
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asked	cc
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 asked	advmod
10	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nice	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 dove	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 dove	nummod
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dove	amod
14	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 share	mark
16	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 asked	xcomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 others	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 others	det
19	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 share	obl
20	because	because	SCONJ	_	23 hungry	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 hungry	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 hungry	cop
23	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 share	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fair	punct
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 fair	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 fair	cop
27	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nice	conj
28	enough	enough	ADV	_	27 fair	advmod
29	really	really	ADV	_	30 innit	advmod
30	innit	innit	PROPN	_	7 nice	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the jackal	actually, nice property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	the jackal not said here	for one little dove	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	the jackal not said here	with the others	tree rules
4	is	past	jackal	hungry property	tree rules
5	is	present		enough, fair property	tree rules

Option 4

yeah the jackal was well sneaky and tried to get a dove baby about three times before the heron told the dove what he was up to and she sorted it

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sneaky	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sneaky	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sneaky	advmod
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tried	cc
8	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tried	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 baby	det
12	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 baby	compound
13	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj
14	about	about	ADV	_	15 three	advmod
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 times	nummod
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	obl:unmarked
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	20 told	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 heron	det
19	heron	heron	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 told	nsubj
20	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 get	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 dove	det
22	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 told	obj
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 up	nsubj
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 up	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 up	cop
26	up	up	ADP	_	20 told	compound:prt
27	to	to	ADP	_	20 told	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 sorted	cc
29	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 sorted	nsubj
30	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sneaky	conj
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 sorted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the jackal			sneaky, well property	tree rules
2	try	past	the jackal not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	the jackal not said here	a dove baby	time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus
4	tell up speech: assert	past	the heron	the dove			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient
5	sort	past	jackal	dove			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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