Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

Wait, the Bonga is basically a spirit that helps the wives?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Bonga, spirit · What happens: wait, be, help · To what, where: spirit, wives

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spirit	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Bonga	det
4	Bonga	Bonga	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spirit	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spirit	cop
6	basically	basically	ADV	_	8 spirit	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spirit	det
8	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 helps	nsubj
10	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spirit	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wives	det
12	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 helps	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	the Bonga	a spirit		basically property	tree rules
3	help	present	a spirit		the wives		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Beneficiary

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

Nah, it's an enemy of the wives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 enemy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 enemy	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 enemy	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 enemy	det
6	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wives	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wives	det
9	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 enemy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a enemy				of the wives	tree rules

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

Yeah, they made a deal with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deal	det
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	they	a deal				with deal	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product

Option 3

Yeah, they gave it a golden bowl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bowl	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bowl	amod
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	they	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient bowl=Theme

Option 4

Nah, it's a fiddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 fiddle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fiddle	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fiddle	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fiddle	det
6	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a fiddle					tree rules

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