Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

the wolves go all friendly to the dogs, saying you lot are slaves, and the dogs go into the den, so what do the wolves do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolves, dogs · What happens: go, say, be, do · To what, where: you, lot slaves, den · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 friendly	advmod
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 go	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 dogs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dogs	det
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 friendly	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 saying	punct
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 go	advcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 saying	obj
12	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slaves	compound
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 slaves	cop
14	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 saying	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 go	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 go	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dogs	det
18	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 go	nsubj
19	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 den	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 den	det
22	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 go	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 what	punct
24	so	so	ADV	_	25 what	advmod
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 go	parataxis
26	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 do	aux
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 wolves	det
28	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 do	nsubj
29	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 what	acl:relcl
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	the wolves			friendly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	gerund	the wolves not said here	you			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic
3	is a	present		lot slaves			tree rules
4	go	present	the dogs		the den		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into den=Initial_Location
5	do	present · do-support	the wolves				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 · ✓ the right answer

they tear the dogs to pieces

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 tear	nsubj
2	tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tear	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 pieces	case
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	present	they	the dogs				to pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent dog=Patient to piece=Result

Option 2

they lock the dogs in the den

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 lock	nsubj
2	lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lock	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 den	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 den	det
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	present	they	the dogs		the den			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient

Option 3

they eat them whole

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 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 eat	obj
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 eat	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	they	them = they				whole property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

they make the dogs guard the den

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 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 guard	nsubj
5	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 den	det
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	they						tree rules
2	guard	present	the dogs	the den					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent den=Beneficiary

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