Test 14 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…
so did Brer Bear pull Terrapin out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: pull out · To what, where: Terrapin
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» 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 | _ | 5 pull | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pull | aux |
| 3 | Brer | Brer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pull | nsubj |
| 4 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Brer | flat |
| 5 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | Terrapin | terrapin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pull | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 pull | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 pull | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past · do-support | Brer | Terrapin | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
no, he didn't budge him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 budge | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 budge | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 budge | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 budge | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 budge | advmod |
| 6 | budge | budge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 budge | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not budge | past · do-support | he | him = he | tree rules |
Option 2
yes, Terrapin came out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | Terrapin | terrapin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | Terrapin | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
no, Terrapin fell over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 fell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | Terrapin | terrapin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall over | past | Terrapin | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yes, Bear dragged him out of the mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yes | punct |
| 3 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 mud | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 mud | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mud | det |
| 9 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past | Bear | him = he | the mud | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out mud=Initial_Location |
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