Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thr…
The ass dressed in a lion skin, proper sly, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: dress, innit · To what, where: ass, lion skin
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 138 «Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thrown out of a feast, a vain Monkey is trapped, and more short fables» 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ass | det |
| 2 | ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ass | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 skin | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 skin | compound |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 9 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 12 innit | advmod |
| 10 | sly | sly | ADV | _ | 12 innit | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sly | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ass | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 ass | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | participle | the ass not said here | a lion skin | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | properly, sly property | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, and the fox spotted his braying straight off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 spotted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 spotted | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 spotted | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spotted | nsubj |
| 6 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 braying | nsubj |
| 8 | braying | bray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 spotted | advcl |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 off | advmod |
| 10 | off | off | ADV | _ | 8 braying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | past | the fox | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | |||||
| 2 | bray | gerund | fox | off property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, the animals were all scared of him and ran off into the woods straight away
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 animals | det |
| 4 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scared | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 scared | advmod |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scared | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 ran | compound:prt |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 woods | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 woods | det |
| 15 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 ran | obl |
| 16 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 17 away | advmod |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 ran | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the animals | of him = he; all, scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | the animals not said here | into the woods result; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result |
Option 3
Yeah, the fox saw through him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the fox | through him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yeah, but the fox spotted his braying and his long ears straight off as he walked up
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 spotted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 spotted | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 spotted | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fox | det |
| 5 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spotted | nsubj |
| 6 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 braying | nsubj |
| 8 | braying | bray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 spotted | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ears | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 ears | nmod:poss |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ears | amod |
| 12 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 braying | conj |
| 13 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 14 off | advmod |
| 14 | off | off | ADV | _ | 17 walked | advmod |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 walked | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 walked | nsubj |
| 17 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 braying | advcl |
| 18 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 walked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | past | the fox | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | |||||
| 2 | bray | gerund | fox | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | walk up | past | fox | off property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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