Test 2 · ★ · Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved,…

bruh why was Charney freaking out when the jailer walked by?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Charney, jailer · What happens: freak out, walk

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 361 «Famous Tales, Picciola, part 21: Charney's plant is saved, and Mignon dances» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	5 freaking	discourse
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 freaking	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 freaking	aux
4	Charney	Charney	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 freaking	nsubj
5	freaking	freak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 freaking	compound:prt
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 walked	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jailer	det
9	jailer	jailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walked	nsubj
10	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 freaking	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	10 walked	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 freaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	past · progressive	Charney						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	walk	participle	the jailer						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

cuz the jailer's big feet could squish the little plant he loves so much in the yard

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 jailer	det
3	jailer	jailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feet	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 jailer	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feet	amod
6	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 squish	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 squish	aux
8	squish	squish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plant	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 plant	amod
11	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squish	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 loves	nsubj
13	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 plant	acl:relcl
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADV	_	13 loves	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 yard	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 yard	det
18	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	squish	could	the jailer's big feet	the little plant	in the yard	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent plant=Theme in yard=Trajectory
3	love	present	he	the little plant not said here		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plant=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cuz the big feet could squish it flat and he'd be sad forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feet	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feet	amod
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squish	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 squish	aux
6	squish	squish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 squish	obj
8	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 squish	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sad	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sad	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sad	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 sad	cop
13	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cuz	conj
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 cuz	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here		forever property	tree rules
2	squish	could	the big feet	it	flat property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	is	would	he		sad property	tree rules

Option 3

cuz the guard was mean to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guard	det
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	cop
5	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cuz	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the guard		him = he			mean property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cuz the big feet could squish it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feet	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feet	amod
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 squish	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 squish	aux
6	squish	squish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 squish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	squish	could	the big feet	it					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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