Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…
Wait, what did the birds tell him, mate?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, birds · What happens: wait, do, tell · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 birds | det |
| 6 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tell | nsubj |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | iobj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | vocative |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present | the birds | him = he | mate vocative | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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
Get lost, we've had enough of you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 had | advcl |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Get | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | aux |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 had | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | infinitive | we not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | we not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | have | present · perfect | we | of you; enough property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Stay out, we've seen enough of you, so take your medicine and go home now
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Stay | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seen | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 take | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 take | advmod |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 medicine | nmod:poss |
| 14 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 go | cc |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 take | conj |
| 17 | home | home | ADV | _ | 16 go | advmod |
| 18 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | we | of you; enough property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | you not said here | your medicine | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go | infinitive | you not said here | now | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | medicine | your | nom medicine «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay out, we've seen enough of you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Stay | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seen | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | we | of you; enough property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Stay out, we've seen enough of you, and don't come back to the aviary again
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Stay | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 seen | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 come | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 come | cc |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 come | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 come | advmod |
| 14 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 come | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 aviary | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 aviary | det |
| 18 | aviary | aviary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 come | obl |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | we | of you; enough property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | not come back | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | the aviary | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to aviary=Initial_Location |
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