Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

Yo, what was Uncle Remus all bummed about when the boy found him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle Remus, boy · What happens: be, bum, find · To what, where: Uncle Remus, Remus

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Remus	cop
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Remus	compound
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bummed	nsubj
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 bummed	advmod
8	bummed	bum	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
9	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 found	mark
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 found	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj
13	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bummed	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 found	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Uncle Remus		tree rules
2	bum	past	Uncle Remus		all property	tree rules
3	find	past	the boy	Remus		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

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

a bunch of haints walking round the yard every night since the frost came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bunch	det
2	bunch	bunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 haints	case
4	haints	haint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bunch	nmod
5	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 haints	acl
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 yard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 yard	det
8	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl:unmarked
11	since	since	ADP	_	13 frost	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 frost	det
13	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	obl
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	haints not said here				since the frost; night	round the yard	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round yard=Trajectory
2	come	past	a bunch of haints						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

his brother sending letters with no name signed at the bottom of the page

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sending	nsubj
3	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sending	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sending	obl
8	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 name	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 bottom	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bottom	det
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 page	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 page	det
14	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bottom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund	his brother	letters				with no name	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	sign	participle		no name not said here		the bottom of the page			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at bottom=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

a strange light in the back field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 field	compound
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

some quare goings-on round the place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 goings	det
2	quare	quare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goings	amod
3	goings	going	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 goings	punct
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 place	det
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goings	nmod

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

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