Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

fr, the eagle nabbed the proud cock, right, so what happened to the other one

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: nab, happen · To what, where: fr, other one

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 fr	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eagle	det
4	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	nsubj
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cock	det
7	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cock	amod
8	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nabbed	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	5 nabbed	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happened	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 happened	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 happened	nsubj
14	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nabbed	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 one	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 one	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nab	past	the eagle	fr					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Patient
2	happen	past			the other one				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

he crowed and strutted about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crowed	nsubj
2	crowed	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 strutted	cc
4	strutted	strut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crowed	conj
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 strutted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	strut	past	he not said here					about property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he came out and ruled the roost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ruled	cc
5	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roost	det
7	roost	roost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	he					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	rule	past	he not said here	the roost					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roost=Theme

Option 3

he stayed hidden for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stayed	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 while	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 while	det
6	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he						tree rules
2	hide	participle	he not said here				while		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he came out of the corner and ruled the whole roost for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 corner	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 corner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corner	det
6	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ruled	cc
8	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roost	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 roost	amod
11	roost	roost	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	he	the corner					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient corner=Result
2	rule	past	he not said here	the whole roost			year		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roost=Theme

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