Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…
So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah? What does the Lark do, innit?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: do, innit · To what, where: Farmer
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» 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
Sentence 1: So the Farmer's like "I'll do it myself today", yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 9 do | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Farmer | det |
| 3 | Farmer | Farmer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 do | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Farmer | case |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | obj |
| 11 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 9 do | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 15 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 do | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | future | I | Farmer | today | myself obl:unmarked | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: What does the Lark do, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 innit | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Lark | det |
| 4 | Lark | Lark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 innit | aux |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | innit | present · do-support | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Gets her kids out of the field dead quick before the farmer comes round with his mates
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gets | get | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dead | nsubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 kids | nmod:poss |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Gets | nmod |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 field | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 field | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 field | det |
| 7 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gets | nmod |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 comes | csubj |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 8 dead | advmod |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 comes | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 farmer | det |
| 12 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 comes | nsubj |
| 13 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | round | round | ADV | _ | 13 comes | advmod |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 mates | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mates | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come round | present | the farmer | with farmer's mates; round property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Gets her kids out of there, bare quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gets | get | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 there | nsubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 kids | nmod:poss |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Gets | nmod |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 8 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 quick | amod |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 there | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Tells the kids to stay put, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kids | det |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tells | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stay | mark |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tells | xcomp |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | the kids | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | put | infinitive | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
Option 4
Gets her kids out of there dead quick and takes them somewhere safe, innit
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gets | get | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kids | nsubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 kids | nmod:poss |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 kids | acl:relcl |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 quick | amod |
| 8 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 there | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 takes | cc |
| 10 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kids | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 takes | obj |
| 12 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 takes | advmod |
| 13 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 takes | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 kids | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Gets = get | safe, somewhere property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | tree rules |
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