Test 11 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

Looking back: in part 1, what was the Dog's bargain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: part · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: bargain

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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	root	root
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	1 Looking	obl
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 part	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bargain	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 bargain	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bargain	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Dog	det
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bargain	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Dog	case
13	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 part	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in part and the Dog's bargain	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme
2	is a	past	part and the Dog's bargain	the Dog's bargain					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

Hunt the mice, for fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mice	det
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hunt	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fish	punct
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fish	case
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	imperative	you not said here	the mice				for fish	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mouse=Location for fish=Theme

Option 2

Hunt and guard the Cave all night, for bones and a warm place by the fire

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 guard	cc
3	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hunt	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cave	det
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guard	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guard	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bones	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 bones	case
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hunt	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 place	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 place	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 place	amod
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bones	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 fire	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	imperative	you not said here					for bones and a warm place; by the fire	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme by fire=Location
2	guard	infinitive	you not said here	the Cave			night		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Hunt and guard, for bones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 guard	cc
3	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hunt	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bones	punct
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 bones	case
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	imperative	you not said here					for bones	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for bone=Theme
2	guard	infinitive	you not said here						vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Carry wood, for milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 milk	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 milk	case
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	wood				for milk	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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