Test 9 · ★ · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…

Ngl, what's the lesson of this one?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be · To what, where: lesson

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lesson	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 lesson	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lesson	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 one	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lesson	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ngl	the lesson				of this one	tree rules

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

Lazy people get what they want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 want	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Lazy people						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	want	present	people						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Never kill animals just because they annoy you in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 kill	advmod
2	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kill	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	7 annoy	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 annoy	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 annoy	nsubj
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kill	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 annoy	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 morning	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 morning	det
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 annoy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not kill	imperative	you not said here	animals					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	annoy	present	animals = animal	you			morning		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

Option 3

Getting rid of an annoyance can sometimes make it far worse than before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 make	csubj
2	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Getting	xcomp
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 annoyance	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 annoyance	det
5	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rid	obl
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 make	advmod
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 worse	advmod
11	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 make	xcomp
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 before	case
13	before	before	ADV	_	11 worse	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	make	can	Getting	annoyance				bad, sometimes property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bad plans can backfire big time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 plans	amod
2	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 backfire	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 backfire	aux
4	backfire	backfire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 backfire	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	backfire	can	Bad plans				time		tree rules

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