Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

Lowkey, the waggoner was just sitting there, calling out for help, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: sit, call out

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 waggoner	det
4	waggoner	waggoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sitting	advmod
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sitting	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 calling	punct
10	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 sitting	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 calling	compound:prt
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 help	case
13	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 calling	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	7 sitting	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	Lowkey			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call out speech: assert	gerund	Lowkey not said here					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

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 right answer

He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel

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	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Hercules	case
4	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 pushing	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waited	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wheel	nmod:poss
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pushing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He					for Hercules	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	push	gerund	He not said here	Hercules's wheel					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme

Option 2

He prayed to Jupiter instead of pushing

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	2 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Jupiter	case
4	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 pushing	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prayed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	He		Jupiter				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	push	gerund	He not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel, then blamed the horses for the whole disaster

The tree, 17 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	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Hercules	case
4	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 pushing	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waited	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wheel	nmod:poss
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pushing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 blamed	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 blamed	advmod
12	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 horses	det
14	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 blamed	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 disaster	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 disaster	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 disaster	amod
18	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He			for Hercules	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	push	gerund	He not said here	Hercules's wheel			vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme
3	blame	past	He not said here	the horses	then	for the whole disaster	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for disaster=Attribute

Option 4

He waited for Hercules instead of pushing his wheel, and the mire grew deeper while he waited

The tree, 17 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	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Hercules	case
4	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 pushing	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 waited	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wheel	nmod:poss
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pushing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 grew	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 grew	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mire	det
13	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 grew	nsubj
14	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
15	deeper	deep	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 grew	advmod
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 waited	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 waited	nsubj
18	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 grew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He		for Hercules	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	push	gerund	He not said here	Hercules's wheel		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme
3	grow	past	the mire		deep property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	wait	past	mire			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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