Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t…

Sus, why did the bloke turn round?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bloke · What happens: turn round

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» 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	Sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 turn	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turn	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bloke	det
6	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	nsubj
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sus	conj
8	round	round	ADV	_	7 turn	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	past · do-support	the bloke					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

He saw the donkey lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lie	det
4	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lie	compound
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	the donkey lie					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus

Option 2

He wanted to sell the donkey at the next town for more money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 town	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 town	det
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 town	amod
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 money	case
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 money	amod
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the donkey		the next town		for more money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme at town=Asset

Option 3

He heard a noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 noise	det
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	a noise					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He spotted the trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	He	the trick					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent trick=Destination

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