Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

Dude, why did the wife go totally mental at the poor bird?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: go

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1671 «Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60: the old man's gift and the greedy wife's trip» 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wife	det
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	totally	totally	ADV	_	9 mental	advmod
9	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 bird	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bird	amod
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mental	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	Dude					mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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

cos the bird had stolen the old man's love and she wanted the whole house to herself forever

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stolen	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stolen	aux
5	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 love	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 house	amod
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wanted	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 herself	case
18	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 wanted	obl
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	13 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here	the old man's love			tree rules
2	steal	past · perfect · passive		the bird			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	want	past	bird	the whole house	bird	forever property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent house=Theme to herself=Attribute
4	love		the old man				nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

cos she was jealous of the old man being so gone on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jealous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	obl
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gone	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 gone	advmod
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 jealous	parataxis
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cos					of the old man; jealous property	tree rules
2	is	gerund				cos		go property	tree rules

Option 3

cos she was well jealous of him fussing over it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jealous	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jealous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 jealous	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 jealous	advmod
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jealous	obl
8	fussing	fuss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 jealous	advcl
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fussing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cos					of him = he; jealous, well property	tree rules
2	fuss	gerund	cos not said here			cos			tree rules

Option 4

cos he kept feeding the bird and ignoring her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	feeding	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeding	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ignoring	cc
8	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 feeding	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ignoring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	keep	past	cos			tree rules
2	feed	gerund	cos not said here		the bird	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient
3	ignore	gerund	cos not said here	bird		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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