Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

Wait, why did the old dude jump on the carriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: old dude jump, carriage

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jump	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jump	amod
7	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jump	compound
8	jump	jump	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 carriage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carriage	det
11	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jump	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the old dude jump		the carriage			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

He thought the king was his son

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 son	cop
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the king	king's son					tree rules

Option 2

He spotted his son in disguise

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 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	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 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 disguise	case
6	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	He		his son			in disguise	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Destination in disguise=Theme

Option 3

He wanted to play a trick

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trick	det
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a trick					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme

Option 4

Because he saw a wizard he didn't know riding in a carriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 saw	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wizard	det
5	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wizard	acl:relcl
10	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 carriage	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 carriage	det
13	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	a wizard					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus
2	not know	past · do-support	he	riding		a carriage			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer riding=Stimulus

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