Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…
so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: make on · To what, where: Miss Cow butt
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 made | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 butt | compound |
| 5 | Cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 butt | compound |
| 6 | butt | butt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| 10 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 made | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 full | case |
| 13 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | obl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 cap | det |
| 17 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make on | past | he | Miss Cow butt | like full; no cap obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset butt=Beneficiary tree=Product |
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
yup, she went blam blam blam and her horn got stuck and then she mooed the whole night long
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | blam | blam | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 went | xcomp |
| 6 | blam | blam | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 blam | aux |
| 7 | blam | blam | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 blam | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 got | cc |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 horn | nmod:poss |
| 10 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 12 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 got | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 mooed | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 mooed | advmod |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 mooed | nsubj |
| 16 | mooed | moo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 night | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 night | amod |
| 19 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mooed | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 mooed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | yup vocative | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | blam | infinitive | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | blam | present | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get | past | her horn | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | moo | past | she | then; night | long property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
yup, she butted it and a horn got stuck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 butted | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 butted | nsubj |
| 4 | butted | butt | 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 butted | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 got | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 horn | det |
| 8 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 butted | conj |
| 10 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | butt | past | she | yup | yup vocative | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | get | past | a horn | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | blam | blam | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 blam | compound |
| 6 | blam | blam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 horn | nummod |
| 9 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 11 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | yup vocative | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | blam | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | blam | present | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get | past | one horn | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck and her tail got stuck too and it was wild
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | blam | blam | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 blam | compound |
| 6 | blam | blam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 horn | nummod |
| 9 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 11 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 got | cc |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 tail | nmod:poss |
| 14 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 got | nsubj |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 16 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 got | xcomp |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 got | advmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wild | cc |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 wild | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 wild | cop |
| 21 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | yup vocative | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | blam | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | blam | present | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | get | past | one horn | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | get | past | her tail | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | is | past | tail | wild property | tree rules |
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