Test 12 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…
Wait, did the cock actually survive the story?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cock · What happens: wait, do, survive · To what, where: cock, story
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cock | det |
| 5 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 survive | advmod |
| 7 | survive | survive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cock | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 survive | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | 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 | you not said here | the cock | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | survive | present | the cock not said here | the story | actually property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Circumstance |
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
Yeah, it escaped into the woods and crowed again the next morning at dawn
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 escaped | nsubj |
| 4 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 woods | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woods | det |
| 7 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 escaped | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 crowed | cc |
| 9 | crowed | crow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 escaped | conj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 crowed | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 morning | det |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 morning | amod |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crowed | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 dawn | case |
| 15 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | it | the woods | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | crow | past | again; dawn; morning | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they wrung its neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wrung | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrung | nsubj |
| 4 | wrung | wring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 neck | nmod:poss |
| 6 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrung | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wring | past | they | its neck | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, it ran away safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 ran | advmod |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | past | it | away, safe property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, they wrung its neck and then cooked it for the Widow's supper
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wrung | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrung | nsubj |
| 4 | wrung | wring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 neck | nmod:poss |
| 6 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wrung | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cooked | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 cooked | advmod |
| 9 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrung | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cooked | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 supper | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Widow | det |
| 13 | Widow | Widow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 supper | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Widow | case |
| 15 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cooked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wring | past | they | its neck | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cook | past | they not said here | neck | then | for the Widow's supper | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for supper=Beneficiary |
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