Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…

bro that's so random, why does the giant even need a stick

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, giant · What happens: be, do, need · To what, where: stick

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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 random	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 random	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 random	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 random	advmod
5	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 does	advmod
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 random	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 need	nsubj
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 need	advmod
12	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 does	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stick	det
14	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	bro		random property	tree rules
2	do	present				tree rules
3	need	present	the giant	a stick		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stick=Theme

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

cos it's a magic wand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wand	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wand	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wand	det
5	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wand	amod
6	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a magic wand					tree rules

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

cos his stick is lying on the ground right next to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stick	nmod:poss
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cos	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	obl
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 next	advmod
10	next	next	ADV	_	1 cos	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	co	present						next property	tree rules
2	lie	present · progressive	his stick			the ground			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location

Option 3

cos his hair is tangled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	co	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tangled	aux
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hair	nmod:poss
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tangled	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tangled	aux:pass
5	tangled	tangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tangle	present · passive		his hair					tree rules

Option 4

cos he uses it to swat the cranes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 uses	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swat	mark
6	swat	swat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 uses	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cranes	det
8	cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	cos	it					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	swat	to-infinitive	cos not said here	the cranes					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Patient

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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