Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…
Mate, which one of the tradesmen is the biggest liar, sus?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be · To what, where: biggest liar
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 liar | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 one | punct |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 one | det |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 tradesmen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tradesmen | det |
| 7 | tradesmen | tradesman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 one | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 liar | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 liar | det |
| 10 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 liar | amod |
| 11 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sus | punct |
| 13 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 liar | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 liar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mate | the biggest liar and sus | 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 mercer, because he got the first lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mercer | det |
| 2 | mercer | mercer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 got | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lies | det |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 lies | amod |
| 9 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the mercer | the first lies | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dealer | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dealer | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 horse | punct |
| 4 | dealer | dealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 got | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 last | det |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lies | det |
| 13 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 last | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the horse dealer | the last | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer last=Stimulus |
Option 3
The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies and then sold a lame horse to the Blacksmith
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dealer | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dealer | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 horse | punct |
| 4 | dealer | dealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 got | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 last | det |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lies | det |
| 13 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 last | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sold | cc |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 sold | advmod |
| 16 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 horse | det |
| 18 | lame | lame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 horse | amod |
| 19 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sold | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Blacksmith | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Blacksmith | det |
| 22 | Blacksmith | Blacksmith | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the horse dealer | the last | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer last=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sell | past | the horse dealer not said here | a lame horse | the Blacksmith | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to blacksmith=Recipient |
Option 4
The horse-dealer, because he got the last of the lies after all the other tradesmen had taken theirs
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 | 4 dealer | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dealer | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 horse | punct |
| 4 | dealer | dealer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 got | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dealer | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 last | det |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lies | det |
| 13 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 last | obl |
| 14 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 20 taken | mark |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 tradesmen | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 tradesmen | det |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 tradesmen | amod |
| 18 | tradesmen | tradesman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 taken | aux |
| 20 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 got | advcl |
| 21 | theirs | their | PRON | Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 taken | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | the last | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer last=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | take | past · perfect · passive | all other tradesmen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme their=Destination |
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