Test 3 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

and the wolf said "one wolf does not bite another," like, what a clown

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf, one wolf · What happens: say, not bite · To what, where: another · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bite	punct
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 wolf	nummod
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bite	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bite	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 bite	advmod
10	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 bite	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 what	punct
14	like	like	INTJ	_	16 what	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 bite	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 clown	det
18	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 what	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wolf						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not bite in a quote	present · do-support	one wolf	another					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

it's a old saying the wolves used when they wanted to stop fighting over the scraps from the farm

The tree, 20 words

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	4 old	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 old	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 old	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 old	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolves	det
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 used	nsubj
8	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	ccomp
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 wanted	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 used	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 stop	mark
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 stop	xcomp
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 scraps	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 scraps	det
17	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fighting	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 farm	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 farm	det
20	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fighting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	old property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	use	past	the wolves		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	want	past	wolves = wolf		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	wolves = wolf not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
6	fight	gerund	wolves = wolf not said here	from the farm; over the scraps	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over scrap=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

it's a proverb about not biting your mates

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	4 proverb	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 proverb	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 proverb	det
4	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 biting	mark
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 biting	advmod
7	biting	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 proverb	acl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mates	nmod:poss
9	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 biting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a proverb					tree rules
2	not bite	gerund	a proverb not said here	your mates					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he was quoting a rule about hunting

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	3 quoting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 quoting	aux
3	quoting	quote	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quoting	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quote speech: other	past · progressive	he	a rule				about hunting	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic

Option 4

it's a rule about who gets the cheese first

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	4 rule	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 gets	mark
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	appos
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cheese	det
9	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a rule					tree rules
2	get	present	a rule	the cheese				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cheese=Stimulus

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