Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…
So the frost killed the swallow, proper gutted, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: frost · What happens: kill, gut · To what, where: swallow
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 killed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 frost | det |
| 3 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 killed | nsubj |
| 4 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 swallow | det |
| 6 | swallow | swallow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 killed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gutted | punct |
| 8 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 9 gutted | advmod |
| 9 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 swallow | acl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gutted | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 swallow | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 killed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | the frost | the swallow | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swallow=Theme | ||||
| 2 | gut | participle | the swallow not said here | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a sharp frost got it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 frost | det |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 frost | amod |
| 5 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a sharp frost | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yeah, a sharp frost got it, proper gutted, and the boys took the body home
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 frost | det |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 frost | amod |
| 5 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gutted | punct |
| 9 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 10 gutted | advmod |
| 10 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 got | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 took | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 took | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 boys | det |
| 14 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 took | nsubj |
| 15 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 body | det |
| 17 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 took | obj |
| 18 | home | home | ADV | _ | 15 took | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a sharp frost | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | gut | participle | a sharp frost not said here | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | take | past | the boys | the body | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, a heavy snow got it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 snow | det |
| 4 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 snow | amod |
| 5 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a heavy snow | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nah, a boy with a stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 boy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 stone | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stone | det |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boy | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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