Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t…
No cap, did the donkey win in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap, donkey · What happens: do, win · To what, where: end
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 donkey | det |
| 6 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 win | nsubj |
| 7 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 win | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | no cap | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | win | present | the donkey | in the end | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality |
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 got a lighter load
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 load | det |
| 6 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 load | amod |
| 7 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | a lighter load | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nope, it got a heavier load
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 load | det |
| 6 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 load | amod |
| 7 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | a heavier load | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nope, the bloke caught on and the donkey lost its load and walked home
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 10 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bloke | det |
| 4 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lost | nsubj |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bloke | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 caught | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 donkey | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 donkey | det |
| 9 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | conj |
| 10 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 load | nmod:poss |
| 12 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lost | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 walked | cc |
| 14 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lost | conj |
| 15 | home | home | ADV | _ | 14 walked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch on | participle | the bloke not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lose | past | the bloke | bloke's load | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | walk | past | the bloke not said here | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, the donkey got away with it because the bloke was tired and gave up
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 donkey | det |
| 4 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 tired | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bloke | det |
| 11 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tired | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 tired | cop |
| 13 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | advcl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 gave | cc |
| 15 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 gave | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | the donkey | with it; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the bloke | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give up | past | the donkey not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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