Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…

test: bro, did the brahman really know about the frog or was he just lucky?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: test, frog · What happens: do, know, be · To what, where: brahman

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 bro	punct
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 test	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 test	punct
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brahman	det
7	brahman	brahman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	ccomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 frog	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 frog	det
12	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 lucky	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 lucky	cop
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lucky	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 lucky	advmod
17	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 know	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	test and bro	the brahman		tree rules
2	know	present	test and bro not said here		about the frog	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about frog=Stimulus
3	is	past	frog		lucky property	tree rules

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 got lucky, but he also secretly heard the king whisper the riddle to the minister earlier

The tree, 17 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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 heard	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
7	also	also	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
9	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obj
12	whisper	whisper	ADP	_	14 riddle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 riddle	det
14	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 minister	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 minister	det
17	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl
18	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he	lucky				early property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus
2	hear	past	he	the king				whisper the riddle; to the minister; secretly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus

Option 2

he got lucky, he yelled his old nickname the whole court heard and everyone cheered

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 yelled	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 yelled	nsubj
6	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nickname	nmod:poss
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nickname	amod
9	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yelled	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 court	amod
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heard	nsubj
13	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 yelled	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cheered	cc
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 cheered	nsubj
16	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	he	lucky	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus
2	yell speech: express	past	he	his old nickname	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Topic
3	hear	past	the whole court		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
4	cheer	past	everyone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	nickname		his = he		nom nickname «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

he got lucky, he yelled his old nickname

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 yelled	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 yelled	nsubj
6	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 nickname	nmod:poss
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nickname	amod
9	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yelled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	past	he	lucky	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus
2	yell speech: express	past	he	his old nickname	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickname=Topic
3	nickname		his = he		nom nickname «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

he kinda knew, he heard it from a guard

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	3 knew	nsubj
2	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	3 knew	advmod
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 heard	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heard	nsubj
6	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 heard	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 guard	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 guard	det
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	he					kinda property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hear	past	he	it		a guard			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from guard=Source

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