Test 4 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…
lol, what happened to the hyaenas in the pot?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 happened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 hyaenas | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hyaenas | det |
| 7 | hyaenas | hyaena | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happened | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 pot | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pot | det |
| 10 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hyaenas | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | to the hyaenas in the pot | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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
They got scalded to death in the boiling water after they were ordered to climb into the pot by the hare
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scalded | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scalded | aux:pass |
| 3 | scalded | scald | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 death | case |
| 5 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scalded | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 8 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 water | amod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scalded | obl |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 13 ordered | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 ordered | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ordered | aux:pass |
| 13 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 scalded | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 climb | mark |
| 15 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 ordered | xcomp |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 pot | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pot | det |
| 18 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 climb | obl |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 hare | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hare | det |
| 21 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scald | past · passive | They | to death result; in the boiling water | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient to death=Result in water=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | order | past · passive | they | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | climb not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | the pot | by the hare | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into pot=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They got scalded to death in the boiling water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scalded | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scalded | aux:pass |
| 3 | scalded | scald | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 death | case |
| 5 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scalded | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 8 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 water | compound |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scalded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scald | past · passive | They | to death result; in the boiling water | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient to death=Result in water=Instrument |
Option 3
They drowned in the muddy river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drowned | nsubj |
| 2 | drowned | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 5 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 river | amod |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drowned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown | past | They | the muddy river | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They jumped out and were eaten by the lion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 jumped | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 eaten | cc |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 eaten | aux:pass |
| 6 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 jumped | conj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 lion | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lion | det |
| 9 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | They | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat | past · passive | the lion | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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