Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…
That Trumpeter's getting nicked by the enemy. What's he begging for, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enemy, Trumpeter · What happens: nick, beg · To what, where: Trumpeter
This is test 7 · ★ 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: That Trumpeter's getting nicked by the enemy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Trumpeter | det |
| 2 | Trumpeter | Trumpeter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 nicked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Trumpeter | case |
| 4 | getting | get | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 nicked | aux:pass |
| 5 | nicked | nick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 enemy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 enemy | det |
| 8 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nicked | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | gerund · passive | the enemy | that Trumpeter | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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's he begging for, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 begging | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 begging | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begging | nsubj |
| 4 | begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 yeah | case |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 for | punct |
| 7 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 begging | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 begging | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | present · progressive | Trumpeter | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent what=Recipient for yeah=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
His life, he's got no weapons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 life | nmod:poss |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 life | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 weapons | det |
| 8 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | His life | no weapons | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer weapon=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Spare him, he's unarmed, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spare | spare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spare | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 unarmed | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 unarmed | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 unarmed | cop |
| 6 | unarmed | unarmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Spare | parataxis |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 unarmed | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 1 Spare | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spare | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | unarmed property | tree rules |
Option 3
Mercy, bruv, he's got no swords
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bruv | punct |
| 3 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mercy | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mercy | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 got | aux |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 swords | det |
| 9 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | Mercy | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus |
Option 4
His horse, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 horse | nmod:poss |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horse | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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