Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…
so when the country mouse bounced, what did he say, like, the exact vibe
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: country mouse · What happens: bounce, say · To what, where: country mouse · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 say | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 say | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mouse | det |
| 4 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mouse | compound |
| 5 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 say | nsubj |
| 6 | bounced | bounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 mouse | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 say | obj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | aux |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 say | nsubj |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 vibe | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 vibe | case |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 like | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 vibe | det |
| 16 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 vibe | amod |
| 17 | vibe | vibe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 say | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bounce | participle | the country mouse not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the country mouse | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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
this place is too dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 place | det |
| 2 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dangerous | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dangerous | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 dangerous | advmod |
| 5 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this place | dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 2
see ya then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 see | obj |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | imperative | you not said here | ya | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 3
later, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 mate | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 later | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
you're surrounded by dangers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 surrounded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 surrounded | aux:pass |
| 3 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 dangers | case |
| 5 | dangers | danger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 surrounded | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surround | present · passive | dangers | you | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
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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