Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

bro what's a lotus-stalk, sounds like a snack

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, lotus stalk · What happens: be, sound · To what, where: lotus stalk

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stalk	nsubj
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 stalk	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stalk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stalk	det
5	lotus	lotus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stalk	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 lotus	punct
7	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sounds	punct
9	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stalk	acl:relcl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 snack	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snack	det
12	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bro	a lotus stalk					tree rules
2	sound	present	a lotus stalk not said here					like a snack	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

yeah it's a sweet snack, the crane ate loads of it at the pond

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 snack	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 snack	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 snack	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snack	det
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 snack	amod
6	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ate	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ate	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crane	det
9	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ate	nsubj
10	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ate	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 loads	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 pond	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pond	det
16	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a sweet snack					tree rules
2	eat	past	a sweet snack	loads of crane		the pond			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient

Option 2

nah it's a flower the crab sat on by the pond water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 flower	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flower	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flower	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flower	det
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sat	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crab	det
7	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sat	nsubj
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 sat	compound:prt
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
12	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 water	compound
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a flower					tree rules
2	sit on	past	a flower					by the pond water	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by water=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah it's a plant stem, the crab cut through the crane's neck like that

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stem	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stem	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stem	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stem	det
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stem	compound
6	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crab	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crab	det
9	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stem	conj
10	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 crab	acl
11	through	through	ADP	_	15 neck	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crane	det
13	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 neck	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 crane	case
15	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obl
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a plant stem and the crab					tree rules
2	cut	participle		the crab not said here				like the crab; through the crane's neck	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through neck=Patient

Option 4

nah it's a plant stem, the crab cut through the crane's neck like that, cleanly and quickly

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stem	discourse
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stem	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stem	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stem	det
5	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stem	compound
6	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crab	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crab	det
9	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stem	conj
10	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 crab	acl
11	through	through	ADP	_	15 neck	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crane	det
13	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 neck	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 crane	case
15	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obl
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 cut	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cleanly	punct
19	cleanly	cleanly	ADV	_	10 cut	advmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 quickly	cc
21	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	19 cleanly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a plant stem and the crab					tree rules
2	cut	participle		the crab not said here				like the crab; through the crane's neck; cleanly property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through neck=Patient

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