Test 6 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…
ok so the moon in the water looked like a massive cheese, proper daft
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moon · What happens: look
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | ok | ok | INTJ | _ | 8 looked | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 looked | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moon | det |
| 4 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moon | nmod |
| 8 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 cheese | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cheese | det |
| 11 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cheese | amod |
| 12 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looked | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 daft | punct |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 daft | amod |
| 15 | daft | daft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cheese | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the moon in the water | like a massive cheese | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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 · ← Mova's choice
the wolf knew it was the moon but still wanted to believe the cheese was real and near
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 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 moon | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 moon | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 moon | det |
| 7 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 wanted | cc |
| 9 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 wanted | advmod |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 believe | mark |
| 12 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cheese | det |
| 14 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 real | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 real | cop |
| 16 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 believe | ccomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 near | cc |
| 18 | near | near | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 real | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the wolf | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | wolf | the moon | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | want | past | the wolf not said here | still | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | believe not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | past | the cheese | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | be | the cheese not said here | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the wolf thought it was really cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cheese | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cheese | cop |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 cheese | advmod |
| 7 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the wolf | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | wolf | cheese | tree rules |
Option 3
the fox knew it was only a reflection
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 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 reflection | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 reflection | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 reflection | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 reflection | det |
| 8 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the fox | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | fox | a reflection | tree rules |
Option 4
the wolf saw the moon and laughed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 moon | det |
| 5 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 laughed | cc |
| 7 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the wolf | the moon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | laugh | past | the wolf not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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