Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

The Lion's kipping and a Mouse runs over him, right? Is the Lion chill about it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mouse, Lion · What happens: kip, run, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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 Lion's kipping and a Mouse runs over him, right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lion	det
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 kipping	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Lion	case
4	kipping	kip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 runs	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Mouse	det
7	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 runs	nsubj
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kipping	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 runs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	4 kipping	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kipping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kip	gerund							tree rules
2	run	present	a Mouse					over Lion	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Trajectory

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: Is the Lion chill about it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chill	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lion	det
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chill	nsubj
4	chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chill	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Lion					about Mouse; chill property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he's proper mad, bruv, and he's up and chasing that mouse round the cave

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mad	amod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mad	vocative
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 chasing	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 chasing	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 chasing	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 chasing	aux
13	up	up	ADV	_	15 chasing	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 chasing	cc
15	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 mad	conj
16	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 mouse	det
17	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chasing	obj
18	round	round	ADP	_	20 cave	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cave	det
20	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 chasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					bruv vocative; mad property	tree rules
2	chase	present · progressive	he	that mouse		the cave			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme round cave=Trajectory

Option 2

Yeah, he's dead chill, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 chill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chill	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chill	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chill	amod
6	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bruv	punct
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	dead chill and bruv					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he's proper mad, startled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mad	amod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 startled	punct
8	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					mad property	tree rules
2	startle	participle	he not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Nah, he's dead calm, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 calm	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 calm	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 calm	amod
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calm	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					mate vocative; calm property	tree rules

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