Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

Why do Hedgehog and Tortoise each want the OTHER's skill?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, want · To what, where: Hedgehog, skill

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 want	advcl
3	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 do	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Tortoise	cc
5	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hedgehog	conj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 want	advmod
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 OTHER	det
9	OTHER	OTHER	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 skill	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 OTHER	case
11	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		Hedgehog and Tortoise					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Eventuality
2	want	present		the OTHER's skill					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skill=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

Each wants to be the best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 best	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 best	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 best	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Each						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Each not said here					good property	tree rules

Option 2

Each wants to hide from Jaguar's sharp claws in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 claws	case
6	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 claws	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Jaguar	case
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 claws	amod
9	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Each						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	Each not said here			Jaguar's sharp claws		in the water	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from claw=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Jaguar's rhyme tells him how to catch each one, so each needs what he lacks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rhyme	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jaguar	case
3	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 catch	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 catch	mark
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	xcomp
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catch	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 needs	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 needs	advmod
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	14 needs	nsubj
14	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tells	conj
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 lacks	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lacks	nsubj
17	lacks	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 needs	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Jaguar's rhyme		Jaguar	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	catch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Jaguar's rhyme not said here	each one		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	need	present	each			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	lack	present	rhyme			tree rules
5	rhyme		Jaguar			nom rhyme «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They both want the other's shell for their home safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 other	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shell	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 other	case
7	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 safety	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 safety	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 safety	compound
11	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	They	the other's shell				for their home safety	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shell=Theme

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