Test 11 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

wait so the jackal and the dove tale, is that the bit wiv the reeds and the fish

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, jackal · What happens: wait, be

This is test 11 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	14 wiv	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jackal	det
4	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wiv	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tale	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tale	det
7	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tale	compound
8	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jackal	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 jackal	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wiv	cop
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 wiv	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bit	det
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wiv	obl:unmarked
14	wiv	wiv	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 reeds	det
16	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wiv	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fish	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fish	det
19	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reeds	conj

#	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
2	is	present	the jackal and the dove tale					the bit obl:unmarked; wiv property	tree rules

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

yeah the jackal chased the heron down by the river after he'd been told the panther's den was up the hill, innit

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 jackal	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heron	det
6	heron	heron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	4 chased	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obl
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 told	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 told	nsubj
13	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 told	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 told	aux:pass
15	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chased	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 panther	det
17	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 den	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 panther	case
19	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 hill	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 hill	cop
21	up	up	ADP	_	23 hill	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hill	det
23	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 told	ccomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 innit	punct
25	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 hill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chase down	past	the jackal	the heron	by the river	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heron=Theme by river=Trajectory
2	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		jackal		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	is	past	the panther's den		up the hill and innit	tree rules

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

yeah the jackal chased the heron down by the river, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 jackal	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heron	det
6	heron	heron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	4 chased	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase down	past	the jackal	the heron				by the river and innit	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heron=Theme by river=Trajectory

Option 3

yeah the jackal chased the heron by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 jackal	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jackal	det
3	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heron	det
6	heron	heron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	the jackal	the heron				by the river	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heron=Theme by river=Trajectory

Option 4

nah that one's about a king who got lost in a forest and then found his family in a tiny hut, innit

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 king	discourse
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 king	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 king	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	7 king	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lost	nsubj
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 king	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 found	advmod
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 family	nmod:poss
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 hut	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 hut	det
21	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hut	amod
22	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 innit	punct
24	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 king	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that one	a king and innit			about property	tree rules
2	lose	past · passive		a king and innit	a forest			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	find	past		his family	a tiny hut	then		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic

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