Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps…
lol so the fox just gave up after like one jump?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox · What happens: give up
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 133 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Grapes: a hungry Fox jumps for grapes he cannot reach and walks off, calling them sour» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 gave | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 gave | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 gave | advmod |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 gave | compound:prt |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 jump | case |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 jump | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 jump | nummod |
| 11 | jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | the fox | after one jump | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
nah, he gave up after two tries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 gave | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 tries | case |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 tries | nummod |
| 8 | tries | try | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | after two tries | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
yeah, he jumped like one time then just walked off with a shrug and a sigh
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 jumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jumped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 jumped | nsubj |
| 4 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 walked | advcl |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 time | nummod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jumped | obl |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 walked | advmod |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 walked | advmod |
| 10 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 walked | compound:prt |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 shrug | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 shrug | det |
| 14 | shrug | shrug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 walked | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 sigh | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 sigh | det |
| 17 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shrug | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | he | time | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk off | past | then | with a shrug and a sigh | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
nah, he kept trying for ages and never got close but never stopped hoping
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ages | case |
| 7 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trying | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 got | advmod |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 11 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 got | xcomp |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 stopped | cc |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 stopped | advmod |
| 14 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 15 | hoping | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | try | gerund | he not said here | for ages | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | not get | past | he not said here | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | not stop | past | he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | hope | gerund | he not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he tried and tried but it was all in vain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 4 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tried | cc |
| 6 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tried | conj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 vain | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 vain | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 vain | cop |
| 10 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 vain | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 vain | case |
| 12 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tried | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | try | past | he not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | past | it | all, vain property | tree rules |
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