Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl be…
Bruh, how did the chief's family get the fiddle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: do, get · To what, where: fiddle
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» 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 | Bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chief | det |
| 6 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 chief | case |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fiddle | det |
| 11 | fiddle | fiddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the chief's family | the fiddle | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fiddle=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 · ← Mova's choice
They got the Jogi wasted at the feast and swapped it while he slept
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Jogi | det |
| 4 | Jogi | Jogi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wasted | nsubj |
| 5 | wasted | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 feast | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 feast | det |
| 8 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wasted | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 swapped | cc |
| 10 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 swapped | obj |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 slept | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 slept | nsubj |
| 14 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 swapped | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | waste | past | the Jogi | the feast | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | swap | past | They not said here | Jogi | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | sleep | past | he | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They got the Jogi wasted and swapped it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Jogi | det |
| 4 | Jogi | Jogi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wasted | nsubj |
| 5 | wasted | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 swapped | cc |
| 7 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 swapped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | waste | past | the Jogi | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | swap | past | They not said here | Jogi | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
They bribed the Jogi with food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bribed | nsubj |
| 2 | bribed | bribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Jogi | det |
| 4 | Jogi | Jogi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bribed | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 food | case |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bribed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bribe | past | They | the Jogi | with food | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jogi=Patient |
Option 4
They got the Jogi wasted on liquor and swapped it for a cheap one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Jogi | det |
| 4 | Jogi | Jogi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wasted | nsubj |
| 5 | wasted | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | ccomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 liquor | case |
| 7 | liquor | liquor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wasted | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 swapped | cc |
| 9 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 swapped | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 one | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | They | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | waste | past | the Jogi | on liquor goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on liquor=Goal | ||||
| 3 | swap | past | They not said here | Jogi | for a cheap one | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for one=Co-Theme |
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