Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

Yo, what did the Robber do when the brave soldier swung his sword?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Robber, brave soldier · What happens: do, swing · To what, where: sword

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Robber	det
6	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 swung	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soldier	det
10	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 soldier	amod
11	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 swung	nsubj
12	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sword	nmod:poss
14	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 swung	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the Robber						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swing	past	the brave soldier	soldier's sword					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sword=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 dropped his loot, legged it down the road, and left the soldier alone for good

The tree, 16 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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 loot	nmod:poss
4	loot	loot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 legged	punct
6	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 legged	obj
8	down	down	ADP	_	6 legged	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 legged	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 left	cc
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 soldier	det
15	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 left	advmod
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 good	case
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his loot		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme
2	leg down	past	He not said here	loot		tree rules
3	leave	past	He not said here	the soldier	for good; alone property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme for good=Recipient
4	loot		his = he			nom loot «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He legged it as fast as he could and never bothered the soldier again

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 legged	nsubj
2	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 legged	obj
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 legged	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 could	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 could	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fast	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bothered	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 bothered	advmod
11	bothered	bother	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 legged	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 soldier	det
13	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bothered	obj
14	again	again	ADV	_	11 bothered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leg	past	He	it				fast property	tree rules
2	not bother	past	He not said here	the soldier			again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soldier=Experiencer

Option 3

He dropped his stuff and fled

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stuff	nmod:poss
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fled	cc
6	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	his stuff					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme
2	flee	past	He not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He legged it and left him alone

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 legged	nsubj
2	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 legged	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 left	cc
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 legged	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leg	past	He	it					tree rules
2	leave	past	He not said here	him = he				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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