Test 1 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

yo, the wolf was SO starving, bro, he couldn't even catch no rabbits lol

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: starve, not catch · To what, where: rabbits

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 starving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 starving	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 starving	aux
6	SO	so	ADV	_	7 starving	advmod
7	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 catch	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 starving	vocative
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 starving	punct
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 catch	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 catch	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 catch	advmod
14	even	even	ADV	_	15 catch	advmod
15	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 rabbits	det
17	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 catch	obj
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 catch	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	the wolf					bro vocative	tree rules
2	not catch	could	wolf	no rabbits					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=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

true, the rabbits were too quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 quick	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabbits	det
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 quick	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 quick	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 quick	advmod
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 true	conj

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

Option 2

true, the rabbits had burrowed deep and the old wolf's legs gave out on the frozen ground

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rabbits	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 true	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rabbits	det
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 burrowed	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burrowed	aux
6	burrowed	burrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	deep	deep	ADV	_	6 burrowed	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gave	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wolf	amod
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 legs	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 wolf	case
13	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gave	nsubj
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 burrowed	conj
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 gave	compound:prt
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 ground	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ground	det
18	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 ground	amod
19	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	burrow	past · perfect	the true rabbits		deep property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	give out	past	the old wolf's legs	the frozen ground		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

yeah, he was lazy and never hunted at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 lazy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lazy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lazy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lazy	cop
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hunted	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 hunted	advmod
8	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lazy	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					lazy property	tree rules
2	not hunt	participle	he not said here			all			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

true, the old wolf was too slow for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 slow	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wolf	amod
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slow	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 slow	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 slow	advmod
8	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 true	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 slow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old wolf					for them = they; slow property	tree rules

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