Test 8 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

the fox was dead chill about it all, she said "of course I will go down"

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox · What happens: be, say, go down · To what, where: dead chill · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	5 chill	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chill	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chill	amod
5	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chill	nmod
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 it	det
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chill	parataxis
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
13	of	of	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	17 go	advmod
14	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 of	fixed
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 go	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 go	aux
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
18	down	down	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fox	dead chill	about chill	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	fox			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go down in a quote	future	fox		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

she had no idea how she would get out but trusted that the wolf would be too greedy to notice

The tree, 20 words

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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 idea	acl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 trusted	cc
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 get	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 greedy	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wolf	det
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 greedy	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 greedy	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 greedy	cop
17	too	too	ADV	_	18 greedy	advmod
18	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 trusted	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 notice	mark
20	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 greedy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	no idea		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	get out	would	she		out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trust	participle	she not said here			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	would	the wolf		greedy property	tree rules
5	notice	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

she didn't think about it much

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	4 think	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 think	advmod
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	obl
7	much	much	ADV	_	4 think	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not think speech: other	past · do-support	she					about it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 3

she was sure the wolf would wait

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	3 sure	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	cop
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wait	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wait	aux
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					sure property	tree rules
2	wait	would	the wolf						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

she had planned her escape already

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	3 planned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 planned	aux
3	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 escape	nmod:poss
5	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planned	obj
6	already	already	ADV	_	3 planned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past · perfect	she	her escape					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic
2	escape		her = she						nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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