Test 2 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

Bhai, what was the fish doing when the queen asked?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bhai, fish, queen · What happens: be, do, ask · To what, where: fish

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Bhai	Bhai	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fish	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 fish	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fish	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fish	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bhai	appos
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fish	acl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asked	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 doing	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bhai	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	Bhai	the fish	tree rules
2	do	gerund	the fish not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	participle	the queen		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Jumping about in the basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	5 basket	case
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 basket	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 basket	det
5	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jumping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund						about the basket	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about basket=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Swimming around the edges of the basket trying to escape the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	around	around	ADP	_	4 edges	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 edges	det
4	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Swimming	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 basket	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 basket	det
7	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edges	nmod
8	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 basket	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 escape	mark
10	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 trying	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 market	det
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 escape	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	swim	gerund			the edges of the basket	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around edge=Trajectory
2	try	gerund	the basket not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	the basket not said here	the market		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme market=Initial_Location

Option 3

Thrashing wildly and splashing water over the fisherwoman's feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thrashing	thrash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	1 Thrashing	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 splashing	cc
4	splashing	splash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Thrashing	conj
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 splashing	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	10 feet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fisherwoman	det
8	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feet	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fisherwoman	case
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 splashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thrash	gerund						wildly property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	splash	gerund		water		the fisherwoman's feet			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme over foot=Destination

Option 4

Splashing in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Splashing	splash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Splashing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	gerund				the water			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location

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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