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

so the fox was saying the cheese was ages old, like it was in a well

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox, saying · What happens: say, be · To what, where: cheese · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 saying	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	aux
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 old	csubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cheese	det
7	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 saying	obj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 old	cop
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 old	obl:unmarked
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 well	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	17 well	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 well	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 well	cop
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 well	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 well	det
17	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 old	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · progressive	the fox	the cheese			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheese=Topic
2	is	past	saying		ages	old property	tree rules
3	is	past	fox			like a well	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

the well had been dry for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 well	det
2	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dry	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dry	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 dry	cop
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	the well				year	dry property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it was kept in an old well, dry now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 well	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 well	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 well	amod
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dry	punct
9	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kept	advcl
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 dry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		it		a old well			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in well=Location
2	dry	infinitive					now		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

the cheese had been hidden in the well by the farmer's wife many winters ago and forgotten

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cheese	det
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hidden	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 hidden	aux:pass
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 hidden	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 wife	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wife	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 farmer	case
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 winters	amod
15	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ago	obl:unmarked
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 hidden	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forgotten	cc
18	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hidden	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive	the farmer's wife	the cheese				ago property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient in well=Location
2	forget	participle	the farmer's wife not said here						tree rules

Option 4

the cheese was made fresh that morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cheese	det
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 morning	mark
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the cheese				fresh property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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