Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Oi, why'd the Lion and the Boar stop scrapping, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: stop, scrap, innit

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stop	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stop	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stop	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 Lion	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lion	det
6	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stop	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Boar	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Boar	det
9	Boar	Boar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Lion	conj
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	scrapping	scrap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 stop	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stop	present	Oi	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	scrap	gerund	Oi not said here	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	innit	infinitive	Oi not said here	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

Vultures were sat on a rock at the edge of the field, waiting for one of them to finally fall over dead

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vultures	vulture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	aux:pass
3	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 edge	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 waiting	punct
14	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sat	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 one	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 waiting	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 one	nmod
19	to	to	PART	_	21 fall	mark
20	finally	finally	ADV	_	21 fall	advmod
21	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 waiting	advcl
22	over	over	ADV	_	23 dead	advmod
23	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive	Vultures	a rock	at the edge of the field	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on rock=Location
2	wait	gerund			for one of Vultures	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall over	to-infinitive			dead, finally property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Vultures were sat on a rock, waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vultures	vulture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	aux:pass
3	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waiting	punct
8	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive		Vultures		a rock			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on rock=Location
2	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Some vultures had come down from the hills and were sitting in a tree, quietly waiting for their chance to eat

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 vultures	det
2	vultures	vulture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 hills	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sitting	cc
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sitting	aux
11	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 come	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sitting	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 waiting	punct
16	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	17 waiting	advmod
17	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 sitting	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 chance	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 chance	nmod:poss
20	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 waiting	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 eat	mark
22	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come down	past · perfect	some vultures	the hills	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location
2	sit	past · progressive	some vultures not said here	a tree		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
3	wait	gerund	some vultures not said here		for vultures's chance; quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	eat	to-infinitive	some vultures not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	chance		vultures = vulture			nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Hunters were sat on a hill, waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	aux:pass
3	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waiting	punct
8	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive		Hunters		a hill			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on hill=Location
2	wait	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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