Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

ngl, how did the cat finally get the ring back?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: do, get back · To what, where: cat, ring

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ring	det
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	ngl	the cat					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Eventuality
2	get back	present	ngl not said here	the ring				finally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=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

bargained with the villagers all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bargained	bargain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 villagers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 villagers	det
4	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 bargained	obl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bargained	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bargain	participle					night	with the villagers	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with villager=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the dog gave it back after the king's order and a long apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	3 gave	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	10 order	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 order	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 apology	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 apology	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 apology	amod
14	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 order	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	past	the dog	it			after the king's order and a long apology		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	order		the king						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

waited until morning, then the kite just dropped it near the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	3 morning	case
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waited	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dropped	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 dropped	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kite	det
7	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 dropped	advmod
9	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 waited	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dropped	obj
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 village	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 village	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past					morning		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drop	past	the kite	it		the village	then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme near village=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

climbed up in the dark and killed the kite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	climbed	climb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 climbed	compound:prt
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dark	det
5	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 climbed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 killed	cc
7	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 climbed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kite	det
9	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	participle				the dark			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory
2	kill	past		the kite					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme

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