Test 11 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

and the persimmons, did they ever fall?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: persimmons · What happens: fall

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fall	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 persimmons	det
3	persimmons	persimmon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fall	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 persimmons	punct
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fall	aux
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fall	nsubj
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 fall	advmod
8	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · do-support	the persimmons				ever		vn occur-48.3 «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

yup, a few hit the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 few	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 few	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 yup	conj
5	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	yup	the ground					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme

Option 2

yeah, some did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	some						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nope, not one dropped, they were green

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	9 green	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 one	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 nope	conj
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 one	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 green	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 green	cop
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	they					green property	tree rules

Option 4

yes, two fell, they were ripe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ripe	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ripe	cop
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	two						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	they					ripe property	tree rules

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