Test 7 · ★ · Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the co…
Was Teddy's dad proper brave or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 623 «Jungle Book, Rikki-tikki-tavi: Rikki-tikki destroys the cobra eggs, saves Teddy, and kills Nagaina» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brave | cop |
| 2 | Teddy | Teddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Teddy | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brave | nsubj |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brave | amod |
| 6 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 what | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 brave | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 brave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Teddy's dad | brave property | 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
Yeah, he dragged Teddy across the table to safety from the cobra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Teddy | Teddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 table | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 table | det |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 safety | case |
| 10 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 cobra | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cobra | det |
| 13 | cobra | cobra | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past | he | Teddy | the table | to safety; from the cobra | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme to safety=Destination from cobra=Initial_Location |
Option 2
He hauled Teddy off the chair
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 hauled | nsubj |
| 2 | hauled | haul | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Teddy | Teddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hauled | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 chair | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chair | det |
| 6 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hauled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | haul | past | He | Teddy | the chair | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme off chair=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He dragged Teddy to safety
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 dragged | nsubj |
| 2 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Teddy | Teddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 dragged | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 safety | case |
| 5 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dragged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | past | He | Teddy | safety | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme to safety=Destination |
Option 4
He grabbed Teddy in time
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 grabbed | nsubj |
| 2 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Teddy | Teddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grabbed | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | He | Teddy | time | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teddy=Theme |
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