Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Dog and the Cook, part 8: a dog is thr…

The dad broke the sticks one by one, was that the trick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: break, be · To what, where: sticks, trick

This is test 9 · ★ 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 dad	det
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sticks	det
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	obj
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sticks	flat
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 one	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trick	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 trick	cop
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 trick	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trick	det
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the dad	the sticks					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Patient
2	is a	past		the trick					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

Yeah, the bundle was too strong to break whole so he untied it and broke them one at a time

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 strong	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bundle	det
4	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strong	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strong	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 strong	advmod
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 break	mark
9	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 strong	advcl
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 break	xcomp
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 untied	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 untied	nsubj
13	untied	untie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strong	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 untied	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 broke	cc
16	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 untied	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 broke	obj
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 broke	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 time	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 time	det
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bundle			strong property	tree rules
2	break	to-infinitive	the bundle not said here			whole property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	untie	past	he	bundle			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	break	past	he not said here	them = they	time		vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Patient one=Result

Option 2

Nah, he gave each son a single stick and they all snapped them easily without any trouble

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 son	det
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stick	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stick	amod
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 snapped	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 snapped	nsubj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 snapped	advmod
13	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 snapped	obj
15	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 snapped	advmod
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 trouble	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 trouble	det
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a single stick	each son				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient stick=Theme
2	snap	past	they	them = they				without any trouble; easily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the bundle was too strong to break whole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 strong	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bundle	det
4	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strong	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 strong	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 strong	advmod
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 break	mark
9	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 strong	advcl
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 break	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bundle					strong property	tree rules
2	break	to-infinitive	the bundle not said here					whole property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, the sticks were too hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 hard	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sticks	det
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hard	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hard	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sticks					hard property	tree rules

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