Test 10 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

did the hyaenas catch the hare in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hyaenas · What happens: catch · To what, where: hare, end

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hyaenas	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hyaenas	det
3	hyaenas	hyaena	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catch	nsubj
4	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catch	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 catch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	the hyaenas	the hare			in the end		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme

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

Yes, they caught him near the river but he escaped again and went home with a torn skin

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 caught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 caught	nsubj
4	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 caught	obj
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 escaped	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 escaped	nsubj
11	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	conj
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 escaped	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 skin	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 skin	det
18	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 skin	amod
19	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	they	him = he	the river			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	escape	past	he			again		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past	they not said here				with a torn skin; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with skin=Beneficiary
4	tear	participle						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

No, they went home with no trace of him after searching the whole valley and the river bank all day

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 trace	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 trace	det
8	trace	trace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trace	nmod
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 searching	mark
12	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 went	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 valley	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 valley	amod
15	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 searching	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 bank	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bank	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bank	compound
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 valley	conj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 searching	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they					with no trace of him; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with trace=Beneficiary
2	search	gerund	they not said here	the whole valley and the river bank			day		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent valley=Location

Option 3

Yes, they chased him far into the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	obj
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 chased	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 hills	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hills	det
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	they	him = he		the hills		far property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme into hill=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, they went home with no trace of him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 trace	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 trace	det
8	trace	trace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they					with no trace of him; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with trace=Beneficiary

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