Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

No cap, the dog with the meat was so dumb, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap · What happens: be, innit

This is test 3 · ★ 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	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dumb	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dog	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cap	appos
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 meat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meat	det
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dog	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dumb	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 dumb	advmod
11	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 dumb	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 dumb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	no cap					dumb property	tree rules
2	innit	infinitive							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 · ✓ the right answer

He dropped his meat for a reflection

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 meat	nmod:poss
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reflection	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reflection	det
7	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his meat				for a reflection	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme

Option 2

He swam across for a bigger piece

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 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 swam	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 piece	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 piece	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 piece	amod
7	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	He					for a bigger piece; across property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He dropped his meat for a reflection he thought was a rival dog stealing it from the stream

The tree, 18 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 meat	nmod:poss
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reflection	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reflection	det
7	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thought	nsubj
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reflection	acl:relcl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dog	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
12	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dog	amod
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	conj
14	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 dog	acl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stealing	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 stream	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stream	det
18	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his meat		for a reflection	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	he	a reflection not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reflection=Theme
3	is a	past	He not said here	a rival dog			tree rules
4	steal	gerund	a rival dog not said here	meat	the stream		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from stream=Source

Option 4

He dropped his meat for a reflection, then tried to bark at the other dog until he lost his balance and fell

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	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 meat	nmod:poss
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reflection	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reflection	det
7	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tried	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 tried	advmod
10	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 bark	mark
12	bark	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tried	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 dog	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dog	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dog	amod
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bark	obl
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	19 lost	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lost	nsubj
19	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bark	advcl
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 balance	nmod:poss
21	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 fell	cc
23	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his meat		for a reflection	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme
2	try	past	He not said here		then		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bark not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			at the other dog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dog=Stimulus
4	lose	past	dog	dog's balance			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality
5	fall	past	He not said here				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	balance		dog				nom balance «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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