Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

yo so the stag hides under a vine, right, then starts scoffing the leaves like a total muppet, so what actually got him in the end?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo · What happens: hide, start, scoff, get · To what, where: vine, leaves, yo, end

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 148 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are tricked, shot, or betrayed, and each fable teaches a lesson» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 stag	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stag	det
4	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 vine	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 vine	det
8	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 starts	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	13 starts	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 starts	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 starts	advmod
13	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hides	conj
14	scoffing	scoff	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 starts	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 leaves	det
16	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 scoffing	obj
17	like	like	ADP	_	20 muppet	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 muppet	det
19	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 muppet	amod
20	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leaves	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 got	punct
22	so	so	ADV	_	25 got	advmod
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 got	obj
24	actually	actually	ADV	_	25 got	advmod
25	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hides	conj
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 got	obj
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 end	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 end	det
29	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 got	obl
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	yo so the stag		a vine			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under vine=Location
2	start	present	yo so the stag not said here			then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	scoff	gerund	yo so the stag not said here	the leaves			like a total muppet	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme
4	get	past	yo so the stag not said here	yo		in the end	actually property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary he=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

the hunter spotted him munching and shot him with a very sharp arrow right through the heart

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunter	det
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spotted	obj
5	munching	munch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 spotted	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shot	cc
7	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shot	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	13 arrow	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 arrow	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 sharp	advmod
12	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 arrow	amod
13	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shot	obl
14	right	right	ADV	_	17 heart	advmod
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 heart	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 heart	det
17	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spot	past	the hunter	him = he			tree rules
2	munch	gerund	the hunter not said here				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shoot	past	the hunter not said here	hunter	the heart	with a sharp arrow	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme through heart=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the hunter spotted him munching and shot him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunter	det
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spotted	obj
5	munching	munch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 spotted	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shot	cc
7	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spot	past	the hunter	him = he	tree rules
2	munch	gerund	the hunter not said here		vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shoot	past	the hunter not said here	hunter	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the hunter spotted him munching leaves from the vine and then shot him dead with an arrow

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunter	det
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spotted	obj
5	munching	munch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spotted	advcl
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 munching	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 vine	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vine	det
9	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 munching	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 shot	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 shot	advmod
12	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shot	obj
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shot	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 arrow	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 arrow	det
17	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	the hunter		him = he				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination
2	munch	gerund	the hunter not said here	leaves		the vine			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
3	shoot	past	the hunter not said here	hunter			then	with a arrow; dead property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with arrow=Instrument

Option 4

the farmer's dogs sniffed him out fast

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	4 dogs	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sniffed	nsubj
5	sniffed	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sniffed	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 sniffed	compound:prt
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 sniffed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff out	past	the farmer's dogs	farmer				fast property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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