Test 7 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

wait the king's rough son lifting the arm, was he tryna wake his dad up

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rough son, king · What happens: wait, lift, be · To what, where: arm

This is test 7 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 son	amod
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	vocative
7	lifting	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 son	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 arm	det
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lifting	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wake	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 wake	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wake	nsubj
13	tryna	tryna	X	Foreign=Yes	14 wake	dep
14	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 dad	nmod:poss
16	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wake	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	14 wake	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		the king's rough son vocative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lift	gerund	the king's rough son not said here	the arm		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
3	is	past	king		wake 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

he didn't mean to, he was just a little kid who was clumsy and didn't know the king was actually lying there under the blanket

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	4 mean	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kid	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kid	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 kid	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kid	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kid	amod
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lying	nsubj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 clumsy	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 clumsy	cop
15	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kid	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 know	cc
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 know	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 know	advmod
19	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 clumsy	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 king	det
21	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 know	obj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 lying	aux
23	actually	actually	ADV	_	24 lying	advmod
24	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 mean	ccomp
25	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 lying	advmod
26	under	under	ADP	_	28 blanket	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 blanket	det
28	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not mean	past · do-support	he				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	past	he	a little kid			tree rules
3	is	past	a little kid			clumsy property	tree rules
4	not know	past · do-support	a little kid not said here	the king			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus
5	lie	past · progressive	a little kid		the blanket; there	actually property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under blanket=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he didn't mean to, he was just a little kid being clumsy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	4 mean	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kid	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 kid	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 kid	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kid	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kid	amod
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clumsy	nsubj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 clumsy	cop
14	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mean	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not mean	past · do-support	he			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a little kid		tree rules
3	is	gerund	a little kid		clumsy property	tree rules

Option 3

he thought his dad was pretending to be asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pretending	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pretending	aux
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 asleep	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 asleep	cop
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pretending	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	pretend	past · progressive	his dad		tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	his dad not said here	asleep property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he was trying to wake up his dad properly so he could show him the new hut and the queen waiting inside

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wake	mark
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dad	nmod:poss
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wake	obj
9	properly	properly	ADV	_	5 wake	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 show	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 show	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 show	aux
13	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 show	iobj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hut	det
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hut	amod
17	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 show	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 queen	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 queen	det
20	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hut	conj
21	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 queen	acl
22	inside	inside	ADV	_	21 waiting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	he				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	wake up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his dad		properly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dad=Patient
3	show	could	he	the new hut and the queen	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hut=Topic
4	wait	gerund	the queen not said here			inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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