Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

Yo, the Hound's playing with the Hare like she's his mate. What does she say, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hare · What happens: play, be, say, innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Yo, the Hound's playing with the Hare like she's his mate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 playing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hound	det
4	Hound	Hound	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 playing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hound	case
6	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 Hare	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hare	det
9	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 playing	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	14 mate	case
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mate	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mate	cop
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mate	nmod:poss
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 playing	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund						with the Hare	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hare=Co-Agent
2	is	present	Hare					like Hound's mate	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.

Sentence 2: What does she say, innit?

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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	Hare						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	innit	infinitive	Hare not said here						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

"Oi, stop messing about and show your real colours, you two-faced mate, innit"

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct
2	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	4 stop	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oi	punct
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	messing	mess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 messing	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 show	cc
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 colours	nmod:poss
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 colours	amod
11	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mate	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 mate	nsubj
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 faced	nummod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 two	punct
16	faced	faced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 mate	amod
17	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mate	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	imperative	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	mess about in a quote	gerund	you not said here		about property	tree rules
3	show in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	your real colours		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient
4	mate in a quote		you			tree rules

Option 2

"Be honest, I know you're bad"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 honest	punct
2	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 honest	cop
3	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 honest	parataxis
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 bad	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bad	cop
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 know	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	imperative	you not said here	honest property	tree rules
2	know in a quote	present	I		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	you	bad property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Show your true colours, mate"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Show	punct
2	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 colours	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colours	amod
5	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Show	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colours	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show in a quote	imperative	you not said here	your true colours and mate					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient

Option 4

"Right, drop the act and show your true colours to everyone here, mate"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 drop	punct
2	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 drop	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Right	punct
4	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 act	det
6	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 show	cc
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 drop	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 colours	nmod:poss
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 colours	amod
11	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 everyone	case
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 show	obl
14	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 drop	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drop	vocative
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the act		here		mate vocative	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Theme
2	show in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	your true colours	everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Topic to everyone=Recipient

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