Test 2 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

wait so why did the dove give one baby up, that's proper gutting

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dove, that · What happens: wait, give up, be, gut · To what, where: one baby

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	1 wait	advmod
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 give	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dove	det
6	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	parataxis
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 baby	nummod
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 proper	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 proper	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 proper	cop
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	parataxis
15	gutting	gut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 proper	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give up	past · do-support	the dove	one baby		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Source
3	is	present	that		proper property	tree rules
4	gut	gerund	that not said here			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

she knew the jackal was hungry and wanted to help him get a proper meal, so she offered one of hers

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jackal	det
4	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hungry	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knew	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wanted	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 help	obj
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 meal	det
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 meal	amod
15	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 offered	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	19 offered	advmod
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 offered	nsubj
19	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 offered	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 hers	case
22	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	past	she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	the jackal		hungry property	tree rules
3	want	past	she not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	jackal		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5	get not said to happen	infinitive	jackal not said here	a proper meal		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus
6	offer	past	she	one of hers		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2

she just didn't like the jackal very much at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 like	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	5 like	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 jackal	det
7	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	obj
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	5 like	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	she	the jackal		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jackal=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she was scared the jackal would eat her and the others too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jackal	det
5	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 eat	aux
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 others	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 others	det
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 her	conj
12	too	too	ADV	_	7 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					scared property	tree rules
2	eat	would	the jackal	her = she					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

she thought giving one baby up would make the jackal go away for good and leave the nest alone forever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 make	csubj
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 baby	nummod
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obj
6	up	up	ADV	_	3 giving	advmod
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jackal	det
10	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 good	case
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 go	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 leave	cc
16	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 nest	det
18	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leave	obj
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 leave	advmod
20	forever	forever	ADV	_	16 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	give up	gerund		one baby		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Source
3	make	would	giving	the jackal		tree rules
4	go away	infinitive	the jackal not said here		for good; away property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary
5	leave	present	she not said here	the nest	alone, forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Theme

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