Test 6 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

so the panther left the cubs wiv the jackal, which was mental, wasn't it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: panther, jackal · What happens: leave, be, not be · To what, where: cubs wiv, jackal

This is test 6 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panther	det
3	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wiv	det
6	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wiv	compound
7	wiv	wiv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jackal	det
9	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mental	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 mental	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mental	cop
13	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 jackal	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 it	cop
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 it	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the panther	the cubs wiv		vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent wiv=Theme jackal=Attribute
2	is	past	the jackal		mental property	tree rules
3	not is a	past		jackal		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 cos she thought he was being nice and helpful, but he was well dodgy and ate one of them the second she left the cave

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 thought	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nice	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nice	cop
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 nice	cop
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 helpful	cc
10	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nice	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dodgy	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 dodgy	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dodgy	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dodgy	cop
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 dodgy	advmod
16	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nice	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ate	cc
18	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	conj
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 ate	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 one	nmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 second	det
23	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	25 left	nsubj
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 left	nsubj
25	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	ccomp
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 cave	det
27	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 left	obj

#	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	is	past	he		nice property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules
4	is	past	he		dodgy, well property	tree rules
5	eat	past	she not said here	one of them		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
6	leave	past	the second	the cave		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Theme

Option 2

nah she left them cos she was off hunting for food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 left	discourse
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	obj
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 off	case
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 off	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 off	cop
8	off	off	ADP	_	3 left	compound:prt
9	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 left	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave off	past	she	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	hunt	gerund	she not said here					for food	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme

Option 3

yeah she trusted him a bit, but he was proper dodgy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 trusted	discourse
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trusted	nsubj
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trusted	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trusted	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dodgy	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 dodgy	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dodgy	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dodgy	cop
11	proper	properly	ADV	_	12 dodgy	advmod
12	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trusted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	past	she	him = he				a bit obl:unmarked	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is	past	he					dodgy, properly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah cos she thought he was being nice, but he was well dodgy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 thought	discourse
2	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 thought	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nice	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nice	cop
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 nice	cop
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dodgy	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 dodgy	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dodgy	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 dodgy	cop
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 dodgy	advmod
14	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he	nice property	tree rules
3	is	past	he	dodgy, well property	tree rules

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