Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Wait, the Walnut-tree was getting battered, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, batter · To what, where: Walnut tree

This is test 2 · ★ 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	_	9 battered	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	Walnut	Walnut	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tree	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Walnut	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 battered	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 battered	aux:pass
8	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 battered	aux:pass
9	battered	batter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 battered	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
12	?	?	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	batter	past · passive		the Walnut tree					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

Folk built a fire under it and chucked sticks and stones at its branches until the bark was burnt

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chucked	cc
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 built	conj
9	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chucked	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stones	cc
11	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sticks	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 branches	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 branches	nmod:poss
14	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chucked	obl
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	19 burnt	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bark	det
17	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 burnt	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 burnt	aux:pass
19	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 chucked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	build	past	Folk	a fire	fire	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product
2	chuck	past	Folk not said here	sticks and stones	fire's branches	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at branch=Destination
3	burnt	past · passive		the bark		tree rules

Option 2

Folk came every autumn with long poles and chucked sticks and stones at its branches to get the nuts down

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 autumn	det
4	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 poles	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 poles	amod
7	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chucked	cc
9	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
10	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chucked	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stones	cc
12	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sticks	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 branches	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 branches	nmod:poss
15	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chucked	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 get	mark
17	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chucked	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 nuts	det
19	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 get	obj
20	down	down	ADP	_	17 get	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	Folk			with long poles	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chuck	past	Folk not said here	sticks and stones	Folk's branches		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at branch=Destination
3	get down	to-infinitive	Folk not said here	the nuts			tree rules

Option 3

Folk threw rocks at its roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 roots	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 roots	nmod:poss
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	Folk	rocks		Folk's roots			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rock=Theme at root=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Folk chucked sticks and stones at its branches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chucked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 stones	cc
5	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sticks	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 branches	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 branches	nmod:poss
8	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Folk	sticks and stones		Folk's branches			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at branch=Destination

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