Test 1 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…
Mate, did the servants get a proper lie-in?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, servants · What happens: do, get · To what, where: proper lie in
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 servants | det |
| 5 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 in | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 in | amod |
| 9 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 in | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 lie | punct |
| 11 | in | in | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Mate | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | present | the servants | a proper lie in | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer in=Stimulus |
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
No way, she kept them up all night working and they had no sleep at all
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 kept | compound:prt |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 kept | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 had | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | conj |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 sleep | det |
| 15 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 all | case |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep up | past | she | no way | night | tree rules | |||
| 2 | work | gerund | no way not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | have | past | they | no sleep | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Patient |
Option 2
Nah, she made them get up before the cock even crowed at dawn every single day
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 crowed | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 get | compound:prt |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 cock | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cock | det |
| 10 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crowed | obl |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 crowed | advmod |
| 12 | crowed | crow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 made | conj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 dawn | case |
| 14 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crowed | obl |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 day | det |
| 16 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 day | amod |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crowed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | she | them = they | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | ||||
| 2 | get up | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | crow | participle | she not said here | before the cock; dawn; day | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she let them sleep till the sun came up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | nsubj |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 10 came | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sun | det |
| 9 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 came | nsubj |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sleep | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | she | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | come up | past | the sun | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she had them up as soon as the cock crew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 had | compound:prt |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 soon | advmod |
| 8 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 had | advmod |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 crew | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 crew | det |
| 11 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crew | compound |
| 12 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 soon | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have up | past | she | them = they | soon property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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