Test 13 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

Real talk, what did the child do when passing by?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child · What happens: do, pass by · To what, where: Real talk

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 talk	amod
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 talk	acl:relcl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 passing	advmod
10	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 do	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	10 passing	fixed
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the child	Real talk					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	pass by	gerund	the child not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

was sent running through the village square to fetch Jimmu from his shop by the river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	aux:pass
2	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	advcl
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 square	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 square	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 square	compound
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 running	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fetch	mark
9	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 running	advcl
10	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fetch	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 shop	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 shop	nmod:poss
13	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetch	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»
2	run	gerund		the village square		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through square=Trajectory
3	fetch	to-infinitive	Jimmu	Jimmu's shop	by the river	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme from shop=Source

Option 2

stopped to watch the tanuki dance, then was sent to fetch Jimmu for the show

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 watch	mark
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 stopped	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dance	det
5	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dance	compound
6	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sent	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	aux:pass
10	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 stopped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 sent	xcomp
13	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 show	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 show	det
16	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	watch	to-infinitive	the tanuki dance			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme
3	send	past · passive		then		tree rules
4	fetch	to-infinitive	Jimmu		for the show	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme for show=Source

Option 3

waved at the old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 man	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	participle						at the old man	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at man=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

was sent to fetch Jimmu

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	aux:pass
2	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fetch	mark
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	xcomp
5	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive							tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive		Jimmu					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme

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