Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…
The Crane gets the bone out of the Wolf. So what's she asking for, innit?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Crane, she · What happens: get, ask, innit · To what, where: bone, Wolf
This is test 8 · ★ 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 Crane gets the bone out of the Wolf.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Crane | det |
| 2 | Crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bone | det |
| 5 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 Wolf | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Wolf | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Wolf | det |
| 9 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bone | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the Crane | the bone | the Wolf | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus |
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: So what's she asking for, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 asking | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 asking | obj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asking | aux |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asking | nsubj |
| 5 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 innit | mark |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 for | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asking | xcomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 asking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent what=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | innit not said to happen | infinitive | she not said here | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Her payment, what's due
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 payment | nmod:poss |
| 2 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 payment | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 6 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 what | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Her payment | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay | Her = she | nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Her reward, the coins owed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 reward | nmod:poss |
| 2 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 coins | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 coins | det |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 reward | appos |
| 6 | owed | owe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 coins | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | participle | the coins not said here | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | reward | Her = she | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Her fee, what she's owed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fee | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fee | fee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 what | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 owed | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 owed | aux:pass |
| 7 | owed | owe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present · passive | fee | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Her cut, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cut | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cut | 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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