Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…
The Dog just said he was ready, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dog · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Dog | det |
| 2 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ready | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ready | cop |
| 7 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ready | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Dog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Dog | ready property | 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
He was ready and eager, and he waited by the gate for the rest of the pack to come along the path
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ready | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | cop |
| 3 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 eager | cc |
| 5 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ready | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 waited | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 waited | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 waited | nsubj |
| 9 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 gate | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gate | det |
| 12 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waited | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 rest | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rest | det |
| 15 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waited | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 pack | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pack | det |
| 18 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rest | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 come | mark |
| 20 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 waited | advcl |
| 21 | along | along | ADP | _ | 23 path | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 path | det |
| 23 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | wait | past | he | by the gate; for the rest of the pack | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by gate=Location | ||||
| 4 | come | to-infinitive | he not said here | the path | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along path=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He was ready, and waited for his master
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ready | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | cop |
| 3 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 waited | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 waited | cc |
| 6 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | parataxis |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 master | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 master | nmod:poss |
| 9 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | past | for his master | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He was ready, and ran away from his master
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ready | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | cop |
| 3 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ran | cc |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ready | parataxis |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 ran | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 master | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 master | nmod:poss |
| 10 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run away | past | his master | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from master=Trajectory |
Option 4
He was hungry, and waited for food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | cop |
| 3 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 waited | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 waited | cc |
| 6 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | hungry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | past | He not said here | for food | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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