Test 7 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

that bear was starving but it was too scared to eat him, it sucked its own paws

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear, it · What happens: starve, be, eat, suck · To what, where: him, bear

This is test 7 · ★ 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starving	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 starving	aux
4	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 sucked	advcl
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 scared	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scared	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 scared	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 scared	advmod
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 starving	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 eat	mark
11	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 scared	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 eat	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 starving	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sucked	expl
15	sucked	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 paws	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 paws	amod
18	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sucked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	that bear			tree rules
2	is	past	it		scared property	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive		him = he		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	suck	past		bear		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent paw=Source

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

dead, the bear was so scared it sucked its paws for hours and the shepherd just kept singing, proper sad

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bear	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 dead	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sucked	expl
9	sucked	suck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	ccomp
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 paws	nmod:poss
11	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sucked	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 hours	case
13	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sucked	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 kept	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shepherd	det
16	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 kept	nsubj
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 kept	advmod
18	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sucked	conj
19	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 kept	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sad	punct
21	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 sad	amod
22	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scared	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dead bear			scared property	tree rules
2	suck	past	the dead bear not said here	bear	hour		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent paw=Source
3	keep	past	the shepherd				tree rules
4	sing speech: express	gerund	the shepherd not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	be		the dead bear not said here				tree rules

Option 2

dead, that's proper sad but funny, and honestly the bear deserved a snack, lowkey relatable for sure

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sad	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 sad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	amod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 funny	cc
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 deserved	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 deserved	cc
11	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	14 deserved	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bear	det
13	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deserved	nsubj
14	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 snack	det
16	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deserved	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lowkey	punct
18	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 snack	nsubj
19	relatable	relatable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 lowkey	amod
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 sure	case
21	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 deserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	that	sad property	tree rules
2	be		that not said here		tree rules
3	deserve	past	the bear	for sure; honestly property	tree rules
4	snack		lowkey		tree rules

Option 3

dead, the bear was really hungry too, proper funny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bear	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 dead	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hungry	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hungry	cop
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 hungry	advmod
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 hungry	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 funny	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 funny	amod
11	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dead bear					hungry property	tree rules
2	be		the dead bear not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

dead, that's proper sad but funny, lowkey relatable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sad	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 sad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	amod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 dead	conj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 funny	cc
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 dead	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 relatable	punct
10	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 relatable	amod
11	relatable	relatable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 dead	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					sad property	tree rules

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