Test 14 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

Looking back: in part 1, what did the Man say the sea did to his canoe when it ran out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Man, sea, canoe · What happens: look back, say, do, run out · To what, where: part · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 part	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 part	case
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 part	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 say	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Man	det
11	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 part	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 did	nsubj
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 say	ccomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 canoe	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 canoe	nmod:poss
18	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 did	obl
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 ran	advmod
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 ran	nsubj
21	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 say	advcl
22	out	out	ADP	_	21 ran	compound:prt
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Man	part		tree rules
3	do	past	the sea		to sea's canoe	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	run out	past	canoe			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Left only mud and upset it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 mud	advmod
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Left	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 upset	cc
5	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Left	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 upset	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle		mud					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme
2	upset	infinitive		mud					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer

Option 2

Dragged it into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Dragged	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past		it		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Left only mud and weed, and upset it, and then the Moon came down to help

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 came	advcl
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 mud	advmod
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Left	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 weed	cc
5	weed	weed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mud	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 upset	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 upset	cc
8	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Left	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 upset	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 came	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 came	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 came	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Moon	det
14	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	down	down	ADV	_	15 came	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 help	mark
18	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 came	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	the Moon not said here	mud and weed			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme
2	upset	infinitive	the Moon not said here	weed			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
3	come down	past	the Moon		then	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	help	to-infinitive	the Moon not said here				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Left only mud, and then upset it, and the Man had to walk home

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 upset	advcl
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 mud	advmod
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Left	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 upset	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 upset	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 upset	advmod
7	upset	upset	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 upset	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 had	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Man	det
12	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 upset	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 walk	mark
15	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 had	xcomp
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	you not said here	mud			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme
2	upset	imperative	you not said here	mud	then		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
3	have	past	the Man				tree rules
4	walk	to-infinitive	the Man not said here			home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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