Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

Like, what did the Crawfishes do when they got mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Crawfishes · What happens: do, get

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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	Like	like	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Crawfishes	det
6	Crawfishes	crawfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 got	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 got	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the Crawfishes		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	Crawfishes = crawfish	mad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Dug holes all over and let all the flood water loose on the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holes	amod
2	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 let	nsubj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 over	advmod
4	over	over	ADV	_	6 let	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 water	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
9	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
11	loose	loose	ADV	_	6 let	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 land	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 land	det
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle							vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	let	infinitive	Dug holes	all flood water		the land		loose, over property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent water=Theme on land=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Dug holes and let the water loose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 holes	amod
2	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 let	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	2 holes	cc
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
7	loose	loose	ADV	_	4 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle							vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	let	infinitive	Dug holes	the water				loose property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 3

Sang a song and called the Lion to help them all stop the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sang	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 stop	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 song	det
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sang	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 called	cc
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Sang	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 help	mark
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 them	nmod:unmarked
12	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rain	det
14	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund		a song		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
2	call	past			the Lion	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient
3	help	to-infinitive		them = they		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary
4	stop	present	Sang	the rain		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality rain=Eventuality

Option 4

Shouted at the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 sky	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sky	det
4	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle				the sky			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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