Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Wait, why did Mercury go into that studio?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mercury · What happens: wait, go · To what, where: studio

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
5	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 studio	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 studio	det
9	studio	studio	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	past · do-support	Mercury			that studio			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into studio=Initial_Location

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

To find out what the people of the town truly thought of him, and whether they would buy his statue

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 find	compound:prt
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 find	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 thought	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 town	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 town	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod
10	truly	truly	ADV	_	11 thought	advmod
11	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thought	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 buy	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 buy	cc
16	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	19 buy	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 buy	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 buy	aux
19	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 find	conj
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 statue	nmod:poss
21	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	the people of the town		of him = he; truly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	buy	would	people	his statue		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme

Option 2

To ask the sculptor to make a new statue of him for the temple in the market square

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sculptor	det
4	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 statue	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 statue	amod
9	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 statue	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 temple	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 temple	det
14	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 square	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 square	det
17	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 square	compound
18	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 temple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		the sculptor					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sculptor=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	the sculptor not said here	a new statue of him				for the temple in the market square	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent statue=Product for temple=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To find out what folk thought of him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 find	compound:prt
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thought	obj
5	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 find	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive							vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	folk					of him = he	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 4

To find out what folk paid for statues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 find	compound:prt
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 paid	obj
5	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	nsubj
6	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 find	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 statues	case
8	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive							vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay	past	folk					for statues	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Asset for statue=Theme

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