Test 12 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

Be honest, what was the boy doing before the ride?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be, do · To what, where: boy

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 honest	cop
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boy	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 boy	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 boy	acl
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 ride	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ride	det
11	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive				honest property	tree rules
2	is a	past		the boy			tree rules
3	do	gerund	the boy not said here		before the ride		vn act-114-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

He was waiting for his mother to come up the road with the wagon

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	3 waiting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 waiting	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 come	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 wagon	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wagon	det
14	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	He					for his mother	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come up	to-infinitive	He not said here	the road				with the wagon	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was just thinking to himself

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	4 thinking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thinking	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 thinking	advmod
4	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 himself	case
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 thinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · progressive	He		himself = he				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He was playing in the creek

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	3 playing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 playing	aux
3	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 creek	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 creek	det
6	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	He			the creek			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was listening to the old man tell tales by the fire

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	3 listening	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 listening	aux
3	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 tell	csubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 listening	obl
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tell	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past · progressive	He					to the old man	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to man=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	present	listening	tales				by the fire	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

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