Test 1 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpi…

yo did u see that shrub thing, it was proper weird innit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, thing · What happens: see, be · To what, where: shrub thing, proper weird innit

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2069 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpina pulls up a strange shrub and is carried off by Pluto» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 thing	det
6	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 innit	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 innit	cop
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 innit	amod
12	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 innit	amod
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	yo	that shrub thing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
2	is a	past	thing	proper weird innit					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

the flowers looked poisonous so she nearly bolted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 bolted	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bolted	nsubj
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 bolted	advmod
8	bolted	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the flowers					poisonous property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	bolt	past	she					nearly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the shrub had lots of flowers and she ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shrub	det
2	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ran	nsubj
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the shrub	lots of flowers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	run off	past	shrub						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

she thought the shrub was harmless and kept picking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 shrub	det
4	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harmless	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 harmless	cop
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 harmless	conj
9	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the shrub	harmless property	tree rules
3	keep	participle	the shrub not said here		tree rules
4	pick	gerund	the shrub not said here		vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the flowers were mostly fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fine	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	5 fine	advmod
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the flowers					fine, mostly property	tree rules

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