Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…
bro, the lion invited the bull for a sheep dinner, but there was no sheep, right, so what did the bull do
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: invite, be, do · To what, where: bull, sheep
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | nsubj |
| 5 | invited | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sheep | csubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bull | det |
| 7 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 dinner | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dinner | det |
| 10 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dinner | compound |
| 11 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 was | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 was | cc |
| 14 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 15 was | expl |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sheep | cop |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 sheep | det |
| 17 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sheep | punct |
| 19 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 17 sheep | discourse |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 did | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 did | advmod |
| 22 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 did | nsubj |
| 23 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 do | aux |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 bull | det |
| 25 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 did | obj |
| 26 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 sheep | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past | the lion | the bull | for a sheep dinner; bro vocative | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bull=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is a | past | no sheep | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | past · do-support | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
turned round and walked off without even saying goodbye
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 walked | advcl |
| 2 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 turned | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 walked | cc |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 walked | compound:prt |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 saying | mark |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 saying | advmod |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 walked | advcl |
| 9 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn round | participle | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk off | past | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | goodbye | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |
Option 2
got really angry and stomped off out the door of the lion's den
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 angry | advmod |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 got | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stomped | cc |
| 5 | stomped | stomp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 got | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 stomped | compound:prt |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 door | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stomped | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 den | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lion | det |
| 12 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 den | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 lion | case |
| 14 | den | den | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 door | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | stomp off | past | the door of the lion's den | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out door=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
turned round and walked off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 walked | advcl |
| 2 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 turned | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 walked | cc |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 walked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn round | participle | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk off | past | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
turned and stormed out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 stormed | cc |
| 3 | stormed | storm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 turned | conj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 stormed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | participle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | storm out | participle | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
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