Test 5 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

no way, why did the hare dance without the skin?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: way

This is test 5 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 way	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dance	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dance	compound
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 skin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 skin	det
11	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		no way				without the skin	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality

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 wanted to feel like a hare again so he could run fast and hide from the hyaenas in the hills

The tree, 21 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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 feel	mark
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hare	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 run	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 run	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 run	aux
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 run	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hide	cc
15	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 hyaenas	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hyaenas	det
18	hyaenas	hyaena	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hide	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hills	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hills	det
21	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feel not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		again	like a hare	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like hare=Theme
3	run	could	hare			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	hide	present	He not said here	the hills		from the hyaenas	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from hyaena=Beneficiary

Option 2

He wanted to feel like a hare again because the lion's skin had made him sweat and itch all night long

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 feel	mark
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hare	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 made	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lion	det
11	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 skin	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lion	case
13	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 made	aux
15	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wanted	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	obj
17	sweat	sweat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 made	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 itch	cc
19	itch	itch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 sweat	conj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 itch	obl:unmarked
22	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 itch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feel not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		again	like a hare	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like hare=Theme
3	make	past · perfect · passive		the lion's skin			tree rules
4	sweat	infinitive	the lion's skin not said here				vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	itch	infinitive	the lion's skin not said here		night	long property	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was celebrating his victory

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 celebrating	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 celebrating	aux
3	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 victory	nmod:poss
5	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 celebrating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past · progressive	He	his victory					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted to feel like a hare again

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 feel	mark
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 hare	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feel not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				again	like a hare	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like hare=Theme

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