Test 18 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

★★★ Taffy drew the spear OUTSIDE the Cave though it hangs INSIDE. Why does this make the misunderstanding worse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, spear, this · What happens: draw, hang, make · To what, where: spear, misunderstanding

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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: ★★★ Taffy drew the spear OUTSIDE the Cave though it hangs INSIDE.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 drew	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Taffy	case
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
5	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spear	det
7	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drew	obj
8	OUTSIDE	outside	ADP	_	10 Cave	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Cave	det
10	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spear	nmod
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 hangs	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hangs	nsubj
13	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drew	advcl
14	INSIDE	inside	ADV	_	13 hangs	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	★ ★ Taffy	the spear				outside the Cave	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
2	hang	present	spear					inside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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.

Sentence 2: Why does this make the misunderstanding worse?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 make	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 misunderstanding	det
6	misunderstanding	misunderstanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 make	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	this	the misunderstanding				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset misunderstanding=Product

The options

Option 1

It shows the spear is lost and far away

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spear	det
4	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shows	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 away	cc
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · passive		the spear					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It looks like a spear being thrown at someone from the Cave, so the ladies think the enemies are coming

The tree, 20 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 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 spear	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spear	det
5	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 thrown	aux:pass
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 spear	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 thrown	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 Cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Cave	det
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 someone	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 think	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 think	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ladies	det
16	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 think	nsubj
17	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 looks	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 enemies	det
19	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 coming	nsubj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 coming	aux
21	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look	present	It			like a spear	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	throw	gerund · passive		a spear not said here	someone		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: at someone=Destination
3	think speech: other	present	the ladies				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	come	present · progressive	the enemies				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It makes the Cave look like a spear-shop for the Tribe

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Cave	det
4	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
6	like	like	ADP	_	10 shop	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shop	det
8	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shop	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 spear	punct
10	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 Tribe	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Tribe	det
13	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the Cave					tree rules
2	look	infinitive	the Cave not said here					like a spear shop; for the Tribe	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tribe=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It looks like a spear being thrown at someone from the Cave

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 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 spear	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 spear	det
5	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 thrown	aux:pass
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 looks	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 thrown	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 Cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Cave	det
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It					like a spear	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	throw	gerund · passive				someone		from the Cave	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: at someone=Destination

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