Test 8 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…
Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.» (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: trick · What happens: show · To what, where: it
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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
Sentence 1: Kai from Newcastle: «that Hedgehog's canny, like.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 canny | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Newcastle | case |
| 3 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 canny | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 canny | punct |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 canny | mark |
| 7 | Hedgehog | Hedgehog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 canny | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Hedgehog | case |
| 9 | canny | canny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 11 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 9 canny | discourse |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 canny | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 canny | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: (canny = clever) Which trick shows it best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 clever | punct |
| 2 | canny | canny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clever | amod |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 clever | punct |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 clever | punct |
| 6 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 7 trick | det |
| 7 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 8 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 clever | parataxis |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shows | obj |
| 10 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 shows | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 clever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | which trick | it | well property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 grabs | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 Tortoise | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Tortoise | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tortoise | det |
| 5 | Tortoise | tortoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pretending | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grabs | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 grabs | advmod |
| 8 | Jaguar | Jaguar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 grabs | nsubj |
| 9 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 prickles | nmod:poss |
| 11 | prickles | prickle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grabs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | the Tortoise | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | grab | present | Jaguar | Jaguar's prickles | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prickle=Theme |
Option 2
Swimming under the river fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 river | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 river | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swimming | obl |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Swimming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | gerund | the river | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under river=Trajectory |
Option 3
Pretending to be the Tortoise, so Jaguar grabs his prickles and ends up hurt
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 grabs | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 Tortoise | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Tortoise | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tortoise | det |
| 5 | Tortoise | tortoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pretending | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grabs | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 grabs | advmod |
| 8 | Jaguar | Jaguar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 grabs | nsubj |
| 9 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 prickles | nmod:poss |
| 11 | prickles | prickle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grabs | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ends | cc |
| 13 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grabs | conj |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 ends | compound:prt |
| 15 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ends | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | the Tortoise | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | grab | present | Jaguar | Jaguar's prickles | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prickle=Theme | ||||
| 4 | end up | present | Jaguar not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | hurt | participle | Jaguar not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Telling Jaguar a silly joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Jaguar | Jaguar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 4 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 joke | amod |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | a silly joke | Jaguar | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jaguar=Recipient joke=Topic |
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