Test 8 · ★ · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

How many buffalo skins did Sunlight make them get?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: many buffalo skins, them · What happens: make, get · To what, where: them

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 skins	amod
3	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skins	compound
4	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	Sunlight	Sunlight	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	many buffalo skins	them = they					tree rules
2	get	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Nine, smeared with tar and stitched together in a long sheet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 smeared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 smeared	punct
3	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 tar	case
5	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stitched	cc
7	stitched	stitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 smeared	conj
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 stitched	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 sheet	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sheet	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sheet	amod
12	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stitched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear	past	Nine					with tar	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme
2	stitch together	participle	Nine not said here			a long sheet		together property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Nine heavy skins, smeared with tar and dried over a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 skins	nummod
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 skins	amod
3	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smeared	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 smeared	punct
5	smeared	smear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 tar	case
7	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smeared	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dried	cc
9	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 smeared	conj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear	participle · passive		Nine heavy skins				with tar	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with tar=Theme
2	dry	participle				a fire			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nine, smeared with tar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 smeared	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 smeared	punct
3	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 tar	case
5	tar	tar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smear	past	Nine					with tar	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tar=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nine, rubbed with oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rubbed	punct
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Nine	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 oil	case
5	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle						with oil	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with oil=Theme

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