Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

Which is TRUE about the Stranger-man?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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

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	_	8 man	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
6	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Stranger	punct
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the Stranger man; 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

Although he has been knocked down and sat on, he still never once sees the picture the right way round

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Although	although	SCONJ	_	5 knocked	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knocked	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 knocked	aux:pass
5	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 sees	advcl
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 knocked	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sat	cc
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knocked	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 sat	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knocked	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sees	nsubj
12	still	still	ADV	_	15 sees	advmod
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 once	advmod
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 still	obl
15	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 picture	det
17	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sees	obj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 way	det
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 way	amod
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sees	obl:unmarked
21	round	round	ADV	_	20 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	knock down	present · perfect · passive		he			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	sit on	past					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	present	he	the picture	still	the right way obl:unmarked	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus

Option 2

He is hurt, but he tells the ladies the truth about the spear

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	3 hurt	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	aux:pass
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tells	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 tells	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tells	nsubj
7	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ladies	det
9	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tells	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 truth	det
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurt	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 spear	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 spear	det
14	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 truth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer truth=Result
2	tell speech: assert	present	he		the ladies				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Though scratched and puffed, he still tries to be polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Though	though	ADV	_	2 scratched	advmod
2	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tries	advcl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 puffed	cc
4	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 scratched	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 scratched	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tries	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 tries	advmod
8	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	11 polite	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 polite	cop
11	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tries	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	participle	he not said here		though property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	puff	participle	he not said here			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	try	present	he	still		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		polite property	tree rules

Option 4

Though scratched and puffed up with mud, he still tries to be polite to everyone he meets along the way

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Though	though	ADV	_	2 scratched	advmod
2	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tries	advcl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 puffed	cc
4	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 scratched	conj
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 puffed	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 mud	case
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puffed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 scratched	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tries	nsubj
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 tries	advmod
11	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	14 polite	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 polite	cop
14	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tries	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 everyone	case
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 polite	obl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 meets	nsubj
18	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 everyone	acl:relcl
19	along	along	ADP	_	21 way	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 meets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	participle	he not said here		though property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	puff up	participle	he not said here		with mud	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with mud=Theme
3	try	present	he	still		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		to everyone; polite property	tree rules
5	meet	present	he		along the way	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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