Test 9 · ★ · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

the wolf was dead hungry, mate, and the fox was just thin as a rake

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf, fox · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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	5 hungry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hungry	amod
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hungry	vocative
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thin	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thin	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thin	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thin	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 thin	advmod
14	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hungry	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 rake	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rake	det
17	rake	rake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wolf					mate vocative; hungry property	tree rules
2	is	past	the fox					as a rake; thin 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

her cubs had eaten all her food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cubs	nmod:poss
2	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 food	det:predet
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 food	nmod:poss
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect · passive		her cubs					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she had grown thin because she gave all her food to the cubs and never ate herself at all

The tree, 19 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	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grown	xcomp
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 gave	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	nsubj
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	advcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 food	det:predet
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 food	nmod:poss
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 cubs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cubs	det
13	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gave	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ate	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 ate	advmod
16	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	conj
17	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 ate	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	she				thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past	she	her food	the cubs			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to cub=Recipient
3	not eat	past	she not said here	herself = she		all		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she had gone thin from hunger too

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 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gone	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 hunger	case
6	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl
7	too	too	ADV	_	3 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	she			hunger		thin property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from hunger=Initial_Location

Option 4

she had been hunting all week

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 hunting	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hunting	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 hunting	aux
4	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hunting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · perfect · progressive	she				week		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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