Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets…

bruh, did the terrapin actually win the money or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, win · To what, where: terrapin, money

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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	_	3 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 terrapin	det
5	terrapin	terrapin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 win	advmod
7	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 money	det
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 nah	cc
11	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 money	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the terrapin					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent terrapin=Eventuality
2	win	present		the money				actually property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

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

nah he dropped it in the creek and ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 dropped	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dropped	nsubj
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dropped	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 creek	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 creek	det
7	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it		the creek			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in creek=Destination
2	run off	past	he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

nah, he got caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 caught	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 caught	nsubj:pass
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 caught	aux:pass
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, he tied it round his neck and dipped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 tied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tied	nsubj
4	tied	tie	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 tied	obj
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 neck	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 neck	nmod:poss
8	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dipped	cc
10	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	it				round his neck	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	dip	past	he not said here						vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah he lost it cause the fox saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 lost	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	obj
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	8 saw	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	he	it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	see	past	the fox						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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