Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

Ngl, why'd the wolf dig forever for a cow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 why	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 dig	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dig	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	compound
7	dig	dig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 why	appos
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 dig	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 cow	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cow	det
11	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He thought it sank underground cuz the rabbit said the tail pulled it under

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sank	nsubj
4	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
5	underground	underground	ADV	_	4 sank	advmod
6	cuz	cuz	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rabbit	det
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sank	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tail	det
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pulled	nsubj
12	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pulled	obj
14	under	under	ADP	_	12 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sink	past	it		underground property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	the rabbit			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	pull	past	the tail	rabbit		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He thought the cow sank underground and was hiding deep down there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cow	det
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sank	nsubj
5	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
6	underground	underground	ADV	_	5 sank	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hiding	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hiding	aux
9	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	conj
10	deep	deep	ADV	_	11 down	advmod
11	down	down	ADV	_	9 hiding	advmod
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 hiding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sink	past	the cow		underground property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	hide	past · progressive	He not said here	there	down property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He thought it sank underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sank	nsubj
4	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
5	underground	underground	ADV	_	4 sank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sink	past	it					underground property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He thought it hid in the barn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	ccomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 barn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 barn	det
7	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hide	past	it			the barn			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location

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