Test 7 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

the wolf was like "that's your game?" and the fox was like "nah, you go down"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf, you · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 game	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 game	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	9 game	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 game	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 game	cop
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 game	nmod:poss
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fox	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fox	det
14	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 game	conj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 go	cop
16	like	like	SCONJ	_	21 go	mark
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 go	punct
18	nah	nah	INTJ	_	21 go	discourse
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 nah	punct
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 go	nsubj
21	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 game	parataxis
22	down	down	ADV	_	21 go	advmod
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 game	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the wolf					like your game and the fox	tree rules
2	is in a quote	past	you					down, go 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

the wolf refused and then the fox pushed him into the bucket by mistake while they argued

The tree, 17 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 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pushed	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 pushed	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pushed	nsubj
8	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refused	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pushed	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 bucket	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bucket	det
12	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pushed	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 mistake	case
14	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pushed	obl
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 argued	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 argued	nsubj
17	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pushed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the wolf					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	push	past	the fox	wolf	the bucket	then	by mistake	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bucket=Destination
3	argue speech: disagree	past	they					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the wolf was too clever for her

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	5 clever	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 clever	advmod
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clever	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wolf					for her = she; clever property	tree rules

Option 3

the wolf ran away from the well

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 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	the wolf			the well		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from well=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the fox tricked him into the bucket

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 tricked	nsubj
3	tricked	trick	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 tricked	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 bucket	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bucket	det
7	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	the fox	him = he				into the bucket result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient into bucket=Result

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