Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

Bro, the mice were gutted, right, because the leaders got stuck?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: leaders · What happens: gut, get · To what, where: mice

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gutted	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gutted	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gutted	aux:pass
6	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gutted	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	6 gutted	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 got	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 leaders	det
12	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gutted	conj
14	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 got	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	past · passive		the mice				Bro vocative	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	get	past	the leaders					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

They lost the battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 battle	det
4	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	They	the battle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Their rank badges stopped them getting into the holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 badges	nmod:poss
2	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 badges	compound
3	badges	badge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stopped	obj
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stopped	xcomp
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 holes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 holes	det
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stop	past	Their rank badges	them = they		tree rules
2	get	gerund	Their rank badges not said here		the holes	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hole=Destination
3	badge		Their = they			nom badge «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Their helmets stopped them getting into the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 helmets	nmod:poss
2	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stopped	obj
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stopped	xcomp
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	Their helmets	them = they					tree rules
2	get	gerund	Their helmets not said here			the field			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into field=Destination

Option 4

Their plumes stopped them getting out of the holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 plumes	nmod:poss
2	plumes	plume	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stopped	obj
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stopped	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 holes	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 holes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 holes	det
9	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	Their plumes	them = they					tree rules
2	get out	gerund	Their plumes not said here	the holes					tree rules

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