Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

What was the big challenge on the bridge, lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: big challenge, bridge

This is test 9 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 challenge	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 challenge	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 challenge	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 challenge	amod
5	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 challenge	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lol	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 challenge	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 challenge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the big challenge		the bridge			tree rules

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

Dad had to find him in any disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 find	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 disguise	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 disguise	det
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Dad						tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	Dad		any disguise			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 2

Dad had to beat him at a riddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 beat	mark
4	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beat	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 riddle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 riddle	det
8	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Dad						tree rules
2	beat	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	Dad		a riddle			tree rules

Option 3

Whoever lost had to leave the forest and live with the king forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 had	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 had	advcl
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 leave	mark
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 live	cc
9	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 had	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 king	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 live	obl
13	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	past	Whoever not said here			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	Whoever			tree rules
3	leave	to-infinitive	Whoever not said here	the forest		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forest=Theme
4	live	present	Whoever not said here		with the king; forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with king=Location

Option 4

Dad had to find him in any disguise before the sun set over the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 find	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 disguise	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 disguise	det
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun	det
11	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
12	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sun	acl
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	have	past	Dad				tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	Dad not said here	Dad	any disguise	before the sun	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
3	set	participle		the sun not said here	the hills		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over hill=Destination

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