Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

The Mouse bites the Bull and then just hides, right? What does he say from the wall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mouse · What happens: bite, hide, say · To what, where: Bull, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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: The Mouse bites the Bull and then just hides, right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bites	nsubj
3	bites	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Bull	det
5	Bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bites	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hides	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 hides	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 hides	advmod
9	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bites	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hides	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	3 bites	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 bites	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	present	the Mouse	the Bull					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Patient
2	hide	present	the Mouse not said here				then		vn concealment-16-1 «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.

Sentence 2: What does he say from the wall?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	Mouse			the wall			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

"Sometimes we little ones come off best, so never fear the big and clumsy bull again"

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
2	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 come	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 we	conj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 come	compound:prt
8	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 come	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fear	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 fear	advmod
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 fear	advmod
12	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 come	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bull	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bull	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 clumsy	cc
16	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 big	conj
17	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	obj
18	again	again	ADV	_	12 fear	advmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 fear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come off in a quote	present	we					sometimes, well property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	not fear in a quote	infinitive		the big bull			again		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bull=Stimulus

Option 2

"Little ones sometimes win out, mate"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 win	punct
2	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ones	amod
3	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 win	nsubj
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 win	advmod
5	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 win	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	vocative
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win out in a quote	present	Little ones					mate vocative; sometimes property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Sometimes we little ones come off best"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
2	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 come	advmod
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ones	amod
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 we	conj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 come	compound:prt
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 come	obl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come off in a quote	present	we	best				sometimes property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme

Option 4

"Sometimes big ones lose to small ones"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 lose	punct
2	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 lose	advmod
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ones	amod
4	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lose	nsubj
5	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 ones	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ones	amod
8	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lose	obl
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	present	big ones		small ones			sometimes property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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