Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Jack from Somerset: «alright my lover, horses were tamed first, before dogs.» (alright my lover = hello, friend) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: tame, put · To what, where: Jack, lover

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Jack from Somerset: «alright my lover, horses were tamed first, before dogs.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tamed	nsubj:pass
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Somerset	case
3	Somerset	Somerset	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 tamed	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 tamed	punct
6	alright	alright	ADP	_	8 lover	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lover	nmod:poss
8	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tamed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lover	punct
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tamed	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 tamed	aux:pass
12	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 tamed	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dogs	punct
15	before	before	ADP	_	16 dogs	case
16	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tamed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 tamed	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 tamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tame in a quote	past · passive		Jack from Somerset			before dogs	alright my lover; first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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.

Sentence 2: (alright my lover = hello, friend) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
2	alright	alright	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lover	det:predet
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lover	nmod:poss
4	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 hello	punct
6	hello	hello	INTJ	_	4 lover	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 friend	punct
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Put	nsubj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 friend	punct
10	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hello	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 Put	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	10 Put	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	friend	lover				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Horses came first, at least 5,000 years ago; dogs later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 years	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 least	case
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 5,000	nmod
7	5,000	5000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ago	obl:unmarked
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 dogs	punct
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 later	obl:unmarked
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Horses					ago, first, late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Dogs came first, at least 15,000 years ago; horses much later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 years	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 least	case
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 15,000	nmod
7	15,000	15000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 ago	obl:unmarked
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 horses	punct
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
12	much	much	ADV	_	13 later	advmod
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 horses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Dogs	horses				ago, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Horses came first, long before dogs, which were only tamed in the last few hundred years by people

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 came	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 came	advmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tamed	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 tamed	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 tamed	aux:pass
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 tamed	advmod
12	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dogs	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	18 years	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 years	det
15	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 years	amod
16	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hundred	amod
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 years	nummod
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tamed	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 people	case
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Horses				before dogs	first, long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before dog=Location
2	tame	past · passive	people	dogs			year		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

Horses were tamed first, before dogs, and the Woman taught both of them in the Cave long ago

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tamed	aux:pass
3	tamed	tame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 tamed	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dogs	punct
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tamed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 taught	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 taught	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Woman	det
11	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taught	nsubj
12	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tamed	parataxis
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 taught	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 both	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 Cave	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Cave	det
18	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taught	obl
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 ago	advmod
20	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 taught	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tame	past · passive		Horses			before dogs	first property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	teach speech: other	past	the Woman	both		the Cave		ago property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent both=Recipient

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