Test 11 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

he hangs his cloak on his stick and puts his hat on top, like a fake dude

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: hang, put · To what, where: cloak, stick, hat, top

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hangs	nsubj
2	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cloak	nmod:poss
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 stick	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 stick	nmod:poss
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hangs	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 puts	cc
9	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hangs	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hat	nmod:poss
11	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 puts	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 top	case
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 puts	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dude	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 dude	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dude	det
17	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dude	amod
18	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 puts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	he	his cloak		his stick			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme on stick=Destination
2	put	present	he not said here	his hat		top		like a fake dude	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme on top=Destination

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's trying to trick the king into thinking he's napping, smart

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	obj
10	into	into	SCONJ	_	11 thinking	mark
11	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 trick	advcl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 napping	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 napping	aux
14	napping	nap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 thinking	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trying	punct
16	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	he		smart property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the king		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
3	think speech: other	gerund	he not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	nap	present · progressive	king			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, he's trying to trick the guards into thinking he's still sitting there all night long, so smart and funny

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	obj
10	into	into	SCONJ	_	11 thinking	mark
11	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 trick	advcl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sitting	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sitting	aux
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 sitting	advmod
15	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 thinking	conj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 sitting	advmod
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sitting	obl:unmarked
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 night	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 smart	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 smart	advmod
22	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trying	parataxis
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 funny	cc
24	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 smart	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	he				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the guards			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
3	think speech: other	gerund	he not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sit	present · progressive	he		there	still; night	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, he's trying to make the guards think he's lost his hat, funny

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 think	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
10	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	parataxis
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lost	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 lost	aux:pass
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 think	ccomp
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hat	nmod:poss
15	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lost	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 funny	punct
17	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	make	to-infinitive		the guards	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset guard=Product
3	think speech: other	present			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	lose	present · passive		he	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he's trying to trick the guards into thinking he's still there, smart

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trying	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	obj
10	into	into	SCONJ	_	11 thinking	mark
11	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 trick	advcl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 there	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 there	cop
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 there	advmod
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 thinking	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trying	punct
17	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	he			smart property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the guards			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
3	think speech: other	gerund	he not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	he		still	there property	tree rules

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