Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

Lol, the peacock was mad about his voice, wasn't he?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peacock, he · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 peacock	det
4	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mad	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 voice	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 voice	nmod:poss
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mad	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
11	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	parataxis
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 he	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 was	nsubj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the peacock					about his voice; mad property	tree rules
2	be	past	he						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 grumbled that his song was not praised

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 grumbled	nsubj
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 praised	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 song	nmod:poss
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 praised	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 praised	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 praised	advmod
8	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 grumbled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	He		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not praise	past · passive		his song	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	sing		his = he		nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He moaned that his feathers were too dull

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 moaned	nsubj
2	moaned	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 dull	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 feathers	nmod:poss
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dull	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dull	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 dull	advmod
8	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 moaned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	past	He						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	his feathers					dull property	tree rules

Option 3

He moaned about his tail

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 moaned	nsubj
2	moaned	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 tail	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moaned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	past	He					about his tail	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about tail=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He moaned that his song made everyone laugh

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 moaned	nsubj
2	moaned	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 song	nmod:poss
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 moaned	ccomp
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 made	obj
8	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	moan	past	He		vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	past	his song	everyone	tree rules
3	laugh	infinitive	everyone not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sing		his = he		nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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