Test 2 · ★ · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

Lowkey, what got him out of the pit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: get · To what, where: him, pit

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 pit	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pit	det
9	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Lowkey	him = he		the pit			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

A big mate who pulled him up by a rope from the top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mate	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mate	amod
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 pulled	nsubj
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mate	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pulled	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 pulled	compound:prt
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 rope	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rope	det
10	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 top	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	past	a big mate	him = he		the top		by a rope	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from top=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A scorpion showing him a tiny hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scorpion	det
2	scorpion	scorpion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 scorpion	acl
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 showing	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hole	amod
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund	a scorpion not said here	a tiny hole	scorpion				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hole=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A bird flying over the pit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bird	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 pit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pit	det
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund	a bird not said here			the pit			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pit=Location

Option 4

A snake pointing to the rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 snake	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	gerund	a snake not said here		the rock				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to rock=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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