Test 8 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

ngl, why does he gulp down a nut in a panic?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: gulp down · To what, where: nut, panic

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gulp	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 gulp	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gulp	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gulp	nsubj
6	gulp	gulp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 gulp	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nut	det
9	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gulp	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 panic	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 panic	det
12	panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gulp	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gulp	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gulp down	present · do-support	ngl	a nut		a panic		ngl vocative	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He's scared the nose will keep growing

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 scared	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nose	det
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	ccomp
8	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	scared property	tree rules
2	keep	future	the nose		tree rules
3	grow	gerund	the nose not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He remembers that the old man warned him about apples and nuts before

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 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 warned	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warned	nsubj
7	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembers	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warned	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 apples	case
10	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 warned	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 nuts	cc
12	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 apples	conj
13	before	before	ADV	_	7 warned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	He						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	warn speech: warn	past	the old man		him = he			about apples and nuts; before property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about apple=Topic

Option 3

He thinks nuts taste better than apples

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 taste	nsubj
4	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 taste	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 apples	case
7	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	taste	present	nuts					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

He saw his nose grow again and feared it would soon touch the clouds

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nose	nmod:poss
4	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	nsubj
5	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	ccomp
6	again	again	ADV	_	2 saw	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feared	cc
8	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touch	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 touch	aux
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 touch	advmod
12	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 feared	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 clouds	det
14	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He		again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	grow	present	his nose				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fear	past	He not said here				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	touch	would	nose	the clouds		soon property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cloud=Co-Theme

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