Test 6 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secre…

Did she, like, try to squish him at the gate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: try, squish · To what, where: him, gate

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 217 «Arabian Nights, The Man Who Became a Dog, part 57: a secret midnight feast, a curse, and a dog in a cookshop» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 try	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 try	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct
4	like	like	INTJ	_	6 try	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 like	punct
6	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 squish	mark
8	squish	squish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 try	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 squish	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 gate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squish	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · do-support	she						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	squish not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he		the gate			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme at gate=Trajectory

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

Yeah, she banged it, but he dodged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 banged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 banged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 banged	nsubj
4	banged	bang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 banged	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dodged	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 dodged	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dodged	nsubj
9	dodged	dodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 banged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bang	past	she	it					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	dodge	past	he						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, she slammed the gate on his tail, and he yelped, but he squeezed through anyway

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 slammed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slammed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slammed	nsubj
4	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slammed	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 tail	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tail	nmod:poss
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slammed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 yelped	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 yelped	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 yelped	nsubj
13	yelped	yelp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slammed	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 squeezed	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 squeezed	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 squeezed	nsubj
17	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slammed	advcl
18	through	through	ADV	_	17 squeezed	advmod
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	17 squeezed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	slam	past	she	the gate	his tail		vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gate=Patient on tail=Location
2	yelp	past	he				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	squeeze	past	he			anyway, through property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, she slammed the bolt shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 slammed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slammed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slammed	nsubj
4	slammed	slam	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bolt	det
6	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slammed	obj
7	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slammed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slam	past	she	the bolt				shut property	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, she pushed him with a broom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pushed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pushed	nsubj
4	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pushed	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 broom	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 broom	det
8	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	she	him = he				with a broom	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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