Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

Lol, what did the talking horse tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, tell · To what, where: talking horse, horse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 horse	compound
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the talking horse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		horse				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the king for mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 mercy	case
5	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the king			for mercy	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2

Go home now and stick your hand in your pocket to pay the potter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Go	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stick	cc
5	stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stick	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pocket	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stick	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pay	mark
12	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stick	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 potter	det
14	potter	potter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			now	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stick	infinitive	you not said here	your hand	your pocket			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination
3	pay	to-infinitive	you not said here	the potter				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potter=Asset

Option 3

Stick your hand in your pocket and pull out the gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hand	nmod:poss
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stick	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pocket	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pocket	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stick	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pull	cc
8	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stick	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 pull	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gold	det
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	imperative	you not said here	your hand		your pocket			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination
2	pull out	present	you not said here	the gold					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stick your hand in your pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stick	stick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hand	nmod:poss
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stick	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pocket	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pocket	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	imperative	you not said here	your hand		your pocket			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination

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