Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thr…
Mate, was the monkey's baby proper ugly or what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: baby · What happens: be
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ugly | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ugly | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 monkey | det |
| 5 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 baby | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 monkey | case |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ugly | nsubj |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ugly | amod |
| 9 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 ugly | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 ugly | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the monkey's baby | Mate vocative; ugly 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
Nah, it was proper beautiful with a lovely face and hair, but the mum said it was a fright
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 beautiful | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 beautiful | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 beautiful | cop |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 beautiful | advmod |
| 6 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 face | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 face | det |
| 9 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 face | amod |
| 10 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beautiful | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hair | cc |
| 12 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 face | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 said | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 mum | det |
| 16 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | nsubj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 beautiful | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fright | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 fright | cop |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 fright | det |
| 21 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | with a lovely face and hair; beautiful, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | hair | a fright | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, all bald and flat-nosed and dead ugly, but she still thought it was the best
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bald | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bald | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 bald | det |
| 4 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nosed | cc |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nosed | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 flat | punct |
| 8 | nosed | nose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 bald | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ugly | cc |
| 10 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ugly | amod |
| 11 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bald | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 thought | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 thought | cc |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 thought | nsubj |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 thought | advmod |
| 16 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bald | parataxis |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 best | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 best | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 best | det |
| 20 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nose | participle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | she | still | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | it | good property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, hairless and flat-nosed, a right fright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 hairless | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hairless | punct |
| 3 | hairless | hairless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 nosed | cc |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nosed | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 flat | punct |
| 7 | nosed | nose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hairless | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fright | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fright | det |
| 10 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 fright | amod |
| 11 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hairless | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nose | participle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, bald and wrinkly, a right mess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 bald | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bald | punct |
| 3 | bald | bald | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wrinkly | cc |
| 5 | wrinkly | wrinkly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bald | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mess | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mess | det |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mess | amod |
| 9 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bald | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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