Test 5 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

bruh, the dog was so mad at itself, what was it doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be, do

This is test 5 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mad	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mad	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 mad	advmod
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 mad	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 doing	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 doing	obj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 doing	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doing	nsubj
14	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 mad	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dog					at dog; mad property	tree rules
2	do	past · progressive	dog						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

apologizing to the villagers for all the noise it made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apologizing	apologize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 villagers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 villagers	det
4	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 apologizing	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 noise	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 noise	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 apologizing	obl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 noise	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologize speech: apologize	gerund						to the villagers; for all noise	tree rules
2	make	past	noise	all noise not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material noise=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

asking the king for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 asking	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 help	case
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the king			for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 3

running off to the forest to hide from everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 running	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 running	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hide	mark
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 running	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	gerund						to the forest result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to forest=Result
2	hide	to-infinitive				everyone			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from everyone=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

begging the cat's pardon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cat	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pardon	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 cat	case
5	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 begging	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	gerund		the cat's pardon					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
2	pardon		the cat						nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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