Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

Honestly, the bear was bare hypocritical, wasn't he?

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

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 hypocritical	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Honestly	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hypocritical	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hypocritical	cop
6	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hypocritical	amod
7	hypocritical	hypocritical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hypocritical	punct
9	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hypocritical	conj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 he	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 was	nsubj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 hypocritical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bear					honestly, hypocritical 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 bragged about being refined and gentle, but secretly ate the dead bodies left in the forest

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 bragged	nsubj
2	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 refined	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 refined	aux:pass
5	refined	refine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bragged	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gentle	cc
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 refined	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ate	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 ate	cc
10	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	11 ate	advmod
11	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bragged	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bodies	det
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bodies	amod
14	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ate	obj
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 bodies	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 forest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past	He			vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	refine	gerund · passive	He not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
3	eat	past	He not said here	the dead bodies	secretly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient
4	leave	participle		the dead bodies not said here	in the forest result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in forest=Result

Option 2

He boasted of his fur but ate the fish

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 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fur	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fur	nmod:poss
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boasted	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 ate	cc
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 boasted	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	He					of his fur	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	He not said here	the fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

Option 3

He claimed to be pure yet ate the grass

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 pure	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 pure	cop
5	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claimed	xcomp
6	yet	yet	ADV	_	7 ate	advmod
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grass	det
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here			pure property	tree rules
3	eat	past	He not said here	the grass	yet		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He bragged about being refined but ate the dead

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 bragged	nsubj
2	bragged	brag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 refined	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 refined	aux:pass
5	refined	refine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bragged	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 ate	cc
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bragged	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dead	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	brag speech: other	past	He		vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	refine	gerund · passive	He not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
3	eat	past	He not said here	the dead	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Patient

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