Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

wait, why'd they scarper the first time? was it cos of a cat

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, they · What happens: wait, scarper, be · To what, where: it

This is test 4 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scarper	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 scarper	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 scarper	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scarper	nsubj
6	scarper	scarper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scarper	obl:unmarked
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 it	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 wait	parataxis
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 cat	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 cat	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cat	det
16	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			cos a cat	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scarper	present	they		time		tree rules
3	is a	past		it			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

someone came into the larder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 larder	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 larder	det
5	larder	larder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	someone			the larder			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into larder=Initial_Location

Option 2

they heard a noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 noise	det
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	they	a noise					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

Option 3

a servant walked in quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	past	a servant					quietly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

the farmer came in the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the farmer			the door			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in door=Location

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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