Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Why does Wild Dog become the «First Friend»?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wild Dog · What happens: become · To what, where: First Friend

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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 become	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
3	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	4 Dog	flat
4	Dog	Dog	PROPN	_	5 become	nsubj
5	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Friend	det
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Friend	punct
8	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 Friend	amod
9	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	xcomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Friend	punct
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · do-support	Wild Dog	the First Friend					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

He hunts the sheep and chases the Cat away

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	2 hunts	nsubj
2	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chases	cc
6	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hunts	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Cat	det
8	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chases	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 chases	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	present	He	the sheep					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
2	chase away	present	He not said here	the Cat				away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

Option 2

He sees the Woman's magic, then agrees to hunt, guard and bark for ever in return for roast bones

The tree, 20 words

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	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Woman	det
4	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 magic	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Woman	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sees	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 agrees	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 agrees	advmod
9	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sees	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hunt	mark
11	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 agrees	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 guard	punct
13	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hunt	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bark	cc
15	bark	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hunt	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ever	case
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 bark	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 return	case
19	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bark	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 bones	case
21	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 bones	compound
22	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	see	present	He	the Woman's magic			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer magic=Stimulus
2	agree speech: agree	present				then	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hunt not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	guard	infinitive					vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	bark	infinitive			return for roast bones		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for ever=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He agrees to help the Man hunt and guard the Cave, and he is named friend because he chooses it

The tree, 20 words

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	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agrees	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Man	det
6	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 guard	cc
9	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hunt	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Cave	det
11	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guard	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 named	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 named	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 named	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 named	aux:pass
16	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 agrees	conj
17	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 named	xcomp
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 chooses	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 chooses	nsubj
20	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agrees	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 chooses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	He		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Man	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	hunt not said to happen	infinitive	the Man not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	guard	infinitive	the Man not said here	the Cave	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary
5	name	present · passive		Man	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
6	choose	present	Man	Cave	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He agrees to help hunt and guard, for roast bones

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	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agrees	xcomp
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 guard	cc
7	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hunt	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bones	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 bones	case
10	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bones	compound
11	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 agrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	He	for roast bones	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	hunt not said to happen	infinitive	He not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	guard	infinitive	He not said here		vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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