Test 3 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4…

and the kid just sinks them in a swamp by their tails??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: sink · To what, where: them, swamp

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sinks	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sinks	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sinks	advmod
5	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sinks	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 swamp	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 swamp	det
9	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sinks	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 tails	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tails	nmod:poss
12	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sinks	obl
13	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 sinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	the kid	them = they		a swamp		by their tails	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=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

yeah, only the tails poking out of the mud, lowkey genius move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 tails	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tails	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 tails	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tails	det
5	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	poking	poke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 tails	acl
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 mud	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mud	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mud	det
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 move	punct
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 move	amod
13	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 move	compound
14	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke out	gerund	the tails not said here	the mud and lowkey genius move					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mud=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he ties them all up and drags them to the far side of the swamp

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ties	nsubj
4	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ties	obj
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 up	advmod
7	up	up	ADV	_	4 ties	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drags	cc
9	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ties	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drags	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drags	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 swamp	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 swamp	det
17	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	he	them = they					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	drag	present	he not said here	them = they		the far side of the swamp			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to side=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, only the tails poking out, lowkey genius

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 poking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tails	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 tails	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tails	det
5	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poking	nsubj
6	poking	poke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 poking	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 genius	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 genius	compound
10	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke out	gerund	the tails						vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, only the heads poking out, lowkey dumb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 poking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 poking	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 heads	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 heads	det
5	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poking	nsubj
6	poking	poke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 poking	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dumb	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	10 dumb	advmod
10	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 poking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke out	gerund	the heads						vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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