Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

how did he drink water down there, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: drink · To what, where: water

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 drink	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drink	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drink	nsubj
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj
6	down	down	ADV	_	7 there	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 drink	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cap	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 cap	det
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · do-support	he	water		there		no cap obl	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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

the rats hauled buckets of river water down the tunnel every single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rats	det
2	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hauled	nsubj
3	hauled	haul	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	buckets	bucket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hauled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 water	compound
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buckets	nmod
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 tunnel	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tunnel	det
10	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hauled	obl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 night	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 night	amod
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hauled	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haul	past	the rats	buckets of river water			night	down the tunnel	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

they dripped water from the roof

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 dripped	nsubj
2	dripped	drip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dripped	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dripped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drip	past	they	water		the roof			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme from roof=Initial_Location

Option 3

a tiger dropped a skin of water through a gap in the cellar roof every day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tiger	det
2	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 skin	det
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skin	nmod
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 gap	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gap	det
10	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roof	det
13	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roof	compound
14	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	a tiger	a skin of water		a gap	day	in the cellar roof	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent skin=Theme through gap=Destination in roof=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

squeezing the wet clothes the rats brought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 brought	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clothes	det
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clothes	amod
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 squeezing	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rats	det
6	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 squeezing	obj
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	gerund		the wet clothes					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme rat=Result
2	bring	past	squeezing						vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

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