Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t…

Lol, what happened to the salt in the water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 happened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 salt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 salt	det
7	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 salt	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						to the salt in the water	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP 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 · ✓ the right answer

It melted and drained away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 melted	nsubj
2	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drained	cc
4	drained	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 melted	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 drained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	past	It						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	drain away	past						away property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 2

It stuck to the bags and dried into a hard white crust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuck	nsubj
2	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 bags	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bags	det
5	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stuck	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dried	cc
7	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stuck	conj
8	into	into	ADP	_	12 crust	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crust	det
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 crust	amod
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 crust	amod
12	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	It					to the bags	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to bag=Co-Patient
2	dry	participle				a hard white crust			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It turned to sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 sand	case
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	It			sand			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to sand=Trajectory

Option 4

It was washed out of the bags and carried downstream by the current

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 washed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 washed	aux:pass
3	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 bags	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bags	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bags	det
7	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 washed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 washed	conj
10	downstream	downstream	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 current	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 current	det
13	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash out	past · passive		It		the bags			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary bag=Patient
2	carry	past						by the current; downstream property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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