Test 7 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

Hold up, how did the neighbour help out?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, neighbour · What happens: hold up, help out

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 help	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 help	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 help	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neighbour	det
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 help	nsubj
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 help	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	imperative	you not said here						vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	help out	past · do-support	the neighbour						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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 caught the tanuki

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tanuki	det
4	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	he	the tanuki					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tanuki=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he went to the house with a big net and caught the tanuki after a long chase through the yard

The tree, 20 words

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 net	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 net	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 net	amod
9	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 caught	cc
11	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tanuki	det
13	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obj
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 chase	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chase	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chase	amod
17	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obl
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 yard	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 yard	det
20	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the house		with a big net	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
2	catch	past	he not said here	the tanuki			after a long chase	through the yard	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tanuki=Theme

Option 3

he sent for help from the village and then caught the tanuki with his strong bare hands

The tree, 17 words

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 help	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 village	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 village	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 caught	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 caught	advmod
10	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tanuki	det
12	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caught	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 hands	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hands	nmod:poss
15	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hands	amod
16	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hands	amod
17	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he			the village		for help	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from village=Initial_Location
2	catch	past	he not said here	the tanuki			then	with his strong bare hands	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tanuki=Theme

Option 4

he watched from outside

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 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 outside	case
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	he						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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