Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

bro so the guest asked if the field was "eaten", like what does that even mean

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: ask, eat, mean · To what, where: field · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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	5 asked	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 guest	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guest	det
4	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	nmod
5	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 eaten	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eaten	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 eaten	aux:pass
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eaten	punct
11	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 mean	advcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eaten	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 does	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	16 does	mark
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 does	nsubj
16	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 mean	nsubj
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 does	obj
18	even	even	ADV	_	19 mean	advmod
19	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	bro so the guest		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past · passive		the field	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

he wanted to know if the owner was rich

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 rich	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rich	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rich	cop
9	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the owner	rich property	tree rules

Option 2

he wanted to find out whether the owner of the field was heavily in debt to the moneylender in town

The tree, 20 words

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 find	compound:prt
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	15 debt	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 debt	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owner	nmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 debt	cop
13	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	15 debt	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 debt	case
15	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 moneylender	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 moneylender	det
18	moneylender	moneylender	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 debt	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 town	case
20	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 moneylender	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	find out not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the owner of the field	debt	to the moneylender in town; heavily property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he wanted to know if the owner was in debt

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 debt	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 debt	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 debt	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 debt	case
10	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the owner	debt	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he thought the farmer's cows had eaten the whole field and wanted to see the damage for himself

The tree, 19 words

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	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cows	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 farmer	case
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eaten	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eaten	aux
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 field	amod
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eaten	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eaten	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wanted	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 damage	det
17	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 himself	case
19	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	eat	past · perfect	the farmer's cows	the whole field		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient
3	want	past	the farmer's cows not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the farmer's cows not said here	the damage	for farmer	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer damage=Stimulus

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