Test 8 · ★ · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…
so how did the hare escape the hyaenas?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hare · What happens: escape · To what, where: hyaenas
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 escape | advmod |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 escape | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 escape | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hare | det |
| 5 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 escape | nsubj |
| 6 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hyaenas | det |
| 8 | hyaenas | hyaena | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 escape | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 escape | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past · do-support | the hare | the hyaenas | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hyaena=Initial_Location |
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
He jumped out the mouth of the skin and ran like lightning until the hyaenas could no longer see him at all
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 jumped | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouth | det |
| 5 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 skin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 skin | det |
| 8 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mouth | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ran | cc |
| 10 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 jumped | conj |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 lightning | case |
| 12 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ran | obl |
| 13 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hyaenas | det |
| 15 | hyaenas | hyaena | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 see | nsubj |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 see | aux |
| 17 | no | no | ADV | _ | 18 longer | advmod |
| 18 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 see | advmod |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ran | advcl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 see | obj |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 all | case |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | He | the mouth of the skin | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | run | past | He not said here | like lightning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | could | the hyaenas | him = he | all | long property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He jumped out the mouth and ran like lightning
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 jumped | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouth | det |
| 5 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ran | cc |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 jumped | conj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lightning | case |
| 9 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | He | the mouth | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | run | past | He not said here | like lightning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He slipped out through the tail
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 slipped | nsubj |
| 2 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 slipped | compound:prt |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 tail | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tail | det |
| 6 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip out | past | He | the tail | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
He jumped out the mouth and ran like lightning past the pot and into the dark forest beyond the hills
The tree, 20 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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 jumped | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouth | det |
| 5 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ran | cc |
| 7 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 jumped | conj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lightning | case |
| 9 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| 10 | past | past | ADP | _ | 12 pot | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 pot | det |
| 12 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ran | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 forest | cc |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 forest | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 forest | det |
| 16 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 forest | amod |
| 17 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | conj |
| 18 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 20 hills | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 hills | det |
| 20 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 jumped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | He | the mouth | the hills | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme beyond hill=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | run | past | He not said here | the pot | like lightning | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past pot=Trajectory |
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