Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

Fr, the ass was so chill, he didn't even run, did he?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fr, he · What happens: be, not run, do

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chill	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ass	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ass	det
4	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fr	conj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chill	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 chill	advmod
7	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 run	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 run	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 run	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 run	advmod
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 chill	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 run	parataxis
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	Fr and the ass	chill property	tree rules
2	not run	past · do-support	he		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	past	he		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He reckoned the master could not make it worse

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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 master	det
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not make	could	the master	it				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse

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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 enemy	det
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 load	nmod:poss
9	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not make	could	the enemy	enemy's load				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset load=Product

Option 3

He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse, so he stood still and waited for the armed men

The tree, 20 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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 enemy	det
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 load	nmod:poss
9	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stood	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 stood	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stood	nsubj
14	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reckoned	conj
15	still	still	ADV	_	14 stood	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 waited	cc
17	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reckoned	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 men	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 men	det
20	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 men	amod
21	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not make	could	the enemy	enemy's load		bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset load=Product
3	stand	past	enemy		still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wait	past	He not said here			for the armed men	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He reckoned the enemy could not make his load worse, and so he lay down calmly in the field until morning

The tree, 21 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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 enemy	det
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	nsubj
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 make	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 make	advmod
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 load	nmod:poss
9	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lay	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lay	cc
13	so	so	ADV	_	15 lay	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lay	nsubj
15	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reckoned	parataxis
16	down	down	ADV	_	15 lay	advmod
17	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	15 lay	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 field	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 field	det
20	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lay	obl
21	until	until	ADP	_	22 morning	case
22	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He			morning		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not make	could	the enemy	enemy's load			bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset load=Product
3	lie down	past	enemy		the field		calmly, down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location

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