Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

The wood wouldn't budge, so what happened next?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wood · What happens: not budge, happen

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 budge	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 budge	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 budge	advmod
5	budge	budge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 happened	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 happened	advmod
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happened	nsubj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 budge	ccomp
10	next	next	ADV	_	9 happened	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 budge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not budge	would	the wood						tree rules
2	happen	past						next property	vn occur-48.3-1 «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

They spit in their hands and rolled it along with the bird's song until it finally moved

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spit	nsubj
2	spit	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spit	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rolled	cc
7	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spit	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rolled	obj
9	along	along	ADV	_	7 rolled	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	14 song	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bird	case
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rolled	obl
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 moved	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 moved	nsubj
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 moved	advmod
18	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rolled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spit	present	They		their hands		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	roll	past	They not said here	it		with the bird's song; along property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with song=Instrument
3	move	past	song			finally property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	sing		the bird				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They called Daddy Rabbit for help, spit in their hands, and rolled it with the bird's song as the sun went down

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Rabbit	compound
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 help	case
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spit	punct
8	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hands	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spit	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rolled	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rolled	cc
14	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rolled	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	20 song	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bird	det
18	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 song	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 bird	case
20	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rolled	obl
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 went	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sun	det
23	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 went	nsubj
24	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rolled	advcl
25	down	down	ADV	_	24 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	They	Daddy Rabbit	for help and spit in help's hands	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme for help=Beneficiary
2	roll	past		spit	with the bird's song	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with song=Instrument
3	go down	past	the sun		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	sing		the bird			nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They spit in their hands and pushed it with a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spit	nsubj
2	spit	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spit	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pushed	cc
7	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spit	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pushed	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 rope	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rope	det
11	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spit	present	They			their hands			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	push	past	They not said here	it				with a rope	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They spit in their hands and rolled it with the bird's song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spit	nsubj
2	spit	spit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hands	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hands	nmod:poss
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spit	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rolled	cc
7	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spit	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rolled	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 song	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bird	det
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 song	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 bird	case
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spit	present	They		their hands		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	roll	past	They not said here	it		with the bird's song	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with song=Instrument
3	sing		the bird				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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