Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

Mate, why'd Rasalu chuck the sweets at the dog?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rasalu · What happens: chuck · To what, where: sweets

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chuck	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chuck	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 chuck	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 Rasalu	punct
5	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chuck	nsubj
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sweets	det
8	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chuck	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 dog	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chuck	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	infinitive	Rasalu	the sweets				at the dog; Mate vocative	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme at dog=Destination

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

Dog was annoying him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 annoying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 annoying	aux
3	annoying	annoy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 annoying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	annoy	past · progressive	Dog	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

He was just bored, innit

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	4 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 bored	advmod
4	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bored	punct
6	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 bored	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					bored property	tree rules

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

They were poisoned, innit

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	3 poisoned	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 poisoned	aux:pass
3	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 innit	punct
5	innit	innit	INTJ	_	3 poisoned	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	past · passive		They					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Cos the dog had bitten his mate, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 bitten	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bitten	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bitten	aux
5	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mate	nmod:poss
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bitten	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · perfect · passive		the dog					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient mate=Result

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