Test 5 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:…

Which is TRUE about Taffy's picture?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 picture	case
5	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 picture	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Taffy	case
7	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about Taffy's picture; true property	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

It shows Taffy, Daddy, the swamp, the spears and a fish feast

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Daddy	punct
5	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Taffy	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 swamp	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 swamp	det
8	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Taffy	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 spears	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 spears	det
11	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Taffy	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 feast	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 feast	det
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feast	compound
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Taffy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It		Taffy and Daddy and the spears and a fish feast				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent taffy=Recipient

Option 2

It shows Daddy, both spears, Taffy, the Stranger-man, the way home, Mummy and the beaver-swamp with all the beavers

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spears	punct
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 spears	det
6	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Taffy	punct
8	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 spears	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 man	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
11	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Stranger	punct
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	appos
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 way	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Mummy	punct
19	Mummy	Mummy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 swamp	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 swamp	det
22	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 swamp	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 beaver	punct
24	swamp	swamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	conj
25	with	with	ADP	_	28 beavers	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 beavers	det:predet
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 beavers	det
28	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 swamp	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	both spears	Daddy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daddy=Recipient spear=Topic

Option 3

It shows Daddy, one spear, the Stranger-man, the beavers and the fish

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spear	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 spear	nummod
6	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 man	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
9	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 man	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Stranger	punct
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spear	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 beavers	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 beavers	det
14	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spear	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fish	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fish	det
17	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	one spear and the Stranger man and the beavers and the fish	Daddy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent daddy=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It shows Daddy, both spears, Taffy, the Stranger-man, the way home and Mummy

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spears	punct
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 spears	det
6	spears	spear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Taffy	punct
8	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 spears	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 man	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
11	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 man	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Stranger	punct
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 way	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	appos
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 way	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Mummy	cc
19	Mummy	Mummy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Taffy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	both spears	Daddy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daddy=Recipient spear=Topic

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