Test 6 · ★ · Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114:…

why'd the lark keep pecking the straw, fam?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lark · What happens: keep, peck · To what, where: straw

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 903 «Picture-Book without Pictures, The Moon's Tales, part 114: Greenland, the old maid's coffin, Pompeii» 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	5 keep	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lark	det
4	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	pecking	peck	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 straw	det
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pecking	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fam	punct
10	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 straw	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the lark						tree rules
2	peck	gerund	the lark not said here	the straw and fam					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Patient

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

She was hunting for the seeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hunting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 seeds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seeds	det
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · progressive	She					for the seeds	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for seed=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She wanted to tear the covering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 tear	mark
4	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 covering	det
6	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	tear not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the covering					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location covering=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She tried to break the coffin lid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 break	mark
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lid	det
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lid	compound
7	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	She						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	break not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the coffin lid					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lid=Patient

Option 4

She was hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					hungry property	tree rules

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