Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int…

What did the Jackal do, like, straight away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jackal · What happens: do

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Jackal	det
4	Jackal	Jackal	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 away	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 like	punct
7	like	like	INTJ	_	5 do	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 away	punct
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 away	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the Jackal						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 cut the drum apart

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drum	det
4	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	the drum				apart property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He ripped the drum open

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 ripped	nsubj
2	ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drum	det
4	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ripped	obj
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ripped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rip	past	He	the drum				open property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He kicked the drum over and tore it open to see inside

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 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drum	det
4	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obj
5	over	over	ADV	_	2 kicked	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tore	cc
7	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kicked	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tore	obj
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kicked	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kicked	advcl
12	inside	inside	ADV	_	11 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kick over	past	He	the drum	open, over property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent drum=Patient
2	tore	past	He not said here	drum		tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	He not said here		inside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He grabbed the drum and ripped it open with his sharp teeth

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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 drum	det
4	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ripped	cc
6	ripped	rip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ripped	obj
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ripped	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 teeth	nmod:poss
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 teeth	amod
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ripped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	the drum					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme
2	rip	past	He not said here	drum				with his sharp teeth; open property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with tooth=Instrument

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