Test 13 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

so that's why the wolf got in the bucket, bro, the fox played him

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, wolf, fox · What happens: be, get, play · To what, where: bucket, wolf

This is test 13 · ★ 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	SCONJ	_	4 why	mark
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 why	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 why	cop
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 got	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 played	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 bucket	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bucket	det
10	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bucket	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fox	det
15	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 played	nsubj
16	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 played	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	that			why property	tree rules
2	get	past	the wolf		the bucket and bro		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	play	past	the fox	wolf			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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

the fox pushed him down the well

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	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 pushed	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	past	the fox	him = he					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme well=Destination

Option 2

he trusted the cheese too much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cheese	det
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trusted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	past	he	the cheese					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme

Option 3

the moon showed him the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moon	det
2	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	nsubj
3	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 showed	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the moon	the way	him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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

she tricked him with the moon

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 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	she	him = he				with the moon	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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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