Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…
so the crane just let the crab go in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crane, crab · What happens: let, go · To what, where: crab, end
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 let | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crane | det |
| 3 | crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 let | advmod |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 crab | det |
| 7 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | obj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 go | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | the crane | the crab | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | the crab not said here | in the end | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=Location |
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
nah he got his claws cut off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 claws | nmod:poss |
| 5 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 got | xcomp |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 cut | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | his claws | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cut off | participle | his claws not said here | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cut | nmod:poss |
| 5 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | compound |
| 6 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gruesome | amod |
| 9 | gruesome | gruesome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | his neck cut | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cut=Stimulus |
Option 3
nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome, and the crab walked off happy
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cut | nmod:poss |
| 5 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | compound |
| 6 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gruesome | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gruesome | amod |
| 9 | gruesome | gruesome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cut | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 walked | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 walked | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crab | det |
| 13 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 walked | nsubj |
| 14 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 walked | compound:prt |
| 16 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | his neck cut | happy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cut=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | walk off | past | the crab | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
nah he got his neck cut, dead gruesome, and the tree's genius sang about it
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cut | nmod:poss |
| 5 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | compound |
| 6 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gruesome | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gruesome | amod |
| 9 | gruesome | gruesome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cut | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sang | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sang | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tree | det |
| 13 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 genius | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 tree | case |
| 15 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sang | nsubj |
| 16 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | his neck cut | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cut=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | the tree's genius | about tree | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about it=Location |
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