Test 12 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

the fox's babies were crying, so she was like "I need food for them"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: babies, fox · What happens: cry, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 babies	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fox	case
4	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crying	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	aux
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	14 need	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 need	cop
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	14 need	mark
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 need	nsubj
14	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	conj
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	the fox's babies						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	fox					for babies = baby; need property	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

her cubs had already gone hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cubs	nmod:poss
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 gone	advmod
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	her cubs	hunting					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunting=Theme

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

she had little ones at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	little ones		home			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 3

the cubs were waiting in the den

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cubs	det
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waiting	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 den	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 den	det
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	the cubs			the den			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in den=Location

Option 4

her pups were hiding in the den

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pups	nmod:poss
2	pups	pup	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hiding	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 den	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 den	det
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	her pups			the den			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in den=Location

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