Test 12 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

honest question, what did the hare do with the hailstones?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: honest question · What happens: do · To what, where: hare

This is test 12 · ★ 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	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 question	amod
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 question	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 hailstones	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hailstones	det
11	hailstones	hailstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	honest question	the hare					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Eventuality
2	do	present	honest question					with the hailstones	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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

He threw them at the hyaenas

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 hyaenas	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hyaenas	det
6	hyaenas	hyaena	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	them = they				at the hyaenas	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at hyaena=Destination

Option 2

He called them down with a chant and then he watched them fall on the lion in the hut

The tree, 19 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	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chant	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chant	det
7	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 watched	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 watched	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 watched	nsubj
11	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 watched	obj
13	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 watched	xcomp
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 lion	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lion	det
16	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fall	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 hut	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hut	det
19	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call down speech: assert	past	He	them = they			with a chant	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	watch	past	he	them = they		then		tree rules
3	fall	infinitive	them = they not said here		the hut		on the lion	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on lion=Location

Option 3

He called them down with a chant that he had learned from the old monkey by the river

The tree, 18 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	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chant	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chant	det
7	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 learned	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 learned	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 learned	aux
11	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 called	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 monkey	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 monkey	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 monkey	amod
15	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 learned	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 learned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call down speech: assert	past	He	them = they				with a chant	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	learn	past · perfect	he					from the old monkey; by the river	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from monkey=Source

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

He called them down with a chant

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chant	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chant	det
7	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call down speech: assert	past	He	them = they				with a chant	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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