Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

the crab's face when the crane asked for mercy, lol?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: face · What happens: ask

This is test 12 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crab	det
2	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 face	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 crab	case
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 asked	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crane	det
7	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 mercy	case
10	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 asked	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the crab's face					for mercy	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 didn't care, he just cut the neck anyway and then went home happy

The tree, 15 words

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	4 care	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 care	advmod
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 cut	advmod
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 neck	det
10	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	obj
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	8 cut	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 went	advmod
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
16	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 care	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past · do-support	he				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	cut	past	he	the neck		anyway property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Product
3	go	past	he not said here		then	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

he was quite sorry, so he stopped

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	4 sorry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	cop
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 sorry	advmod
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stopped	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 stopped	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stopped	nsubj
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sorry property	tree rules
2	stop	past	he						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he didn't care, he just cut the neck anyway

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	4 care	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 care	advmod
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 cut	advmod
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 care	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 neck	det
10	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	obj
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	8 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past · do-support	he						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	cut	past	he	the neck				anyway property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Product

Option 4

he laughed and then let him go

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 laughed	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	laugh	past	he			tree rules
2	let	infinitive	he not said here	him = he	then	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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