Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…
Bruv, what's the big lesson of the Lion and Bear story?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big lesson
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lesson | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 lesson | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lesson | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lesson | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lesson | amod |
| 7 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 story | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 story | det |
| 10 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 story | compound |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Bear | cc |
| 12 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Lion | conj |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lesson | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 lesson | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the big lesson | of the Lion story; Bruv vocative | 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
Never fight over anything with a mate, or the sneaky Fox will take the whole lot
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 fight | advmod |
| 2 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 anything | case |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 fight | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 mate | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mate | det |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anything | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 take | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 take | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Fox | det |
| 11 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Fox | amod |
| 12 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 take | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 take | aux |
| 14 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 fight | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lot | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 lot | amod |
| 17 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fight | imperative | you not said here | over anything | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over anything=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | future | the sneaky Fox | the whole lot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
Option 2
If you fight over stuff, the sneaky Fox will nick it while you're knackered
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 fight | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 nick | advcl |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 stuff | case |
| 5 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fight | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fight | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Fox | det |
| 8 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Fox | amod |
| 9 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nick | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 nick | aux |
| 11 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 nick | obj |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 16 knackered | mark |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 knackered | nsubj |
| 15 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 knackered | aux:pass |
| 16 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 nick | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight a condition, not said to happen | present | you | over stuff | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over stuff=Theme | ||||
| 2 | nick | future | the sneaky Fox | stuff | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | knacker | present · passive | you | tree rules |
Option 3
Teamwork always beats the Fox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teamwork | teamwork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beats | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 beats | advmod |
| 3 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Fox | det |
| 5 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beats | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | present | Teamwork | the Fox | always property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fox=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Fighting just helps the sneaky Fox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 helps | advmod |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Fox | det |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Fox | amod |
| 6 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | help | present | the sneaky Fox | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Beneficiary |
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