Test 14 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

Bro, what did the youth ask about the corn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: do, ask · To what, where: youth

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	nsubj
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	1 Bro	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 corn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corn	det
10	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Bro	the youth					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	present	Bro					about the corn	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about corn=Topic

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

How many people had worked in the field and how long it took them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worked	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worked	aux
5	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 took	cc
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 took	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worked	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past · perfect	many people					in the field	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in field=Theme
2	take	past	it	people				long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Whether it was eaten or not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 eaten	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux:pass
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 not	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 eaten	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive		it					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Whether it was ripe enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 ripe	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ripe	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ripe	cop
4	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 ripe	advmod

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

Option 4

Whether the farmer planned to sell all of the harvest at market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 planned	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sell	mark
6	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 planned	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sell	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 harvest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 harvest	det
10	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 all	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 market	case
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	the farmer						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	all		market			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent all=Theme at market=Asset

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