Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Gutted for the Jackdaw, what happened to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jackdaw · What happens: gut, happen · To what, where: Jackdaw

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 Jackdaw	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Jackdaw	det
4	Jackdaw	Jackdaw	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gutted	obl:agent
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happened	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Jackdaw	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 happened	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	happen	past	the Jackdaw		Jackdaw				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The other birds found out he had borrowed the gaudy feathers and plucked them all off, leaving him bare

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 birds	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 birds	amod
3	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 birds	acl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 found	compound:prt
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 borrowed	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 borrowed	aux
8	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 found	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feathers	det
10	gaudy	gaudy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feathers	compound
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 borrowed	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 plucked	cc
13	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 borrowed	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 plucked	obj
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 off	advmod
16	off	off	ADV	_	13 plucked	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 leaving	punct
18	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 plucked	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 leaving	obj
20	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 leaving	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find out	participle		the other birds not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	borrow	past · perfect	he	the gaudy feathers		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Theme
3	pluck	past	he not said here	feathers = feather	off property	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	leave	gerund	he not said here	him = he	bare property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

The birds tore his borrowed plumes off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tore	nsubj
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plumes	nmod:poss
5	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 plumes	amod
6	plumes	plume	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tore	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	3 tore	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	the birds	his borrowed plumes					tree rules
2	borrow	participle							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The birds pulled off his borrowed feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pulled	nsubj:pass
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 pulled	compound:prt
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feathers	nmod:poss
6	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 feathers	amod
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pulled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	participle · passive		the birds					tree rules
2	borrow	participle							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The birds all flew away from him in disgust and he was left alone on the branch with no friends at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flew	nsubj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 flew	advmod
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 flew	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 disgust	case
9	disgust	disgust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 left	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 flew	conj
14	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	xcomp
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 branch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 branch	det
17	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 friends	case
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 friends	det
20	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	the birds			disgust		from him = he; all, away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in disgust=Location
2	leave	past · passive		he		the branch		with no friends; at all; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on branch=Location

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