Test 7 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets…

tbh, why's Uncle Remus so sad after the boy talks?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: talk

This is test 7 · ★ 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	tbh	tbh	ADV	_	3 why	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 tbh	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
4	's	's	PART	_	3 why	case
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Remus	compound
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 why	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 sad	advmod
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 why	advcl:relcl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 talks	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talks	nsubj
12	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	the boy						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

the boy stole Remus's hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Remus	case
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the boy	Remus's hat					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

Option 2

the boy yelled at the old dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yelled	nsubj
3	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 dog	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	the boy					at the old dog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dog=Stimulus

Option 3

the boy broke a fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fence	det
5	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the boy	a fence					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fence=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the boy tattled on his little brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tattled	nsubj
3	tattled	tattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 brother	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tattled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tattle	past	the boy					on boy's little brother	tree rules

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