Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…
the archer was all cocky, shooting and calling his arrow a messenger, and the lion just legged it, so what did the fox ask the lion?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: archer, lion, fox · What happens: be, shoot, call, leg, ask · To what, where: arrow, messenger, lion · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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 archer | det |
| 2 | archer | archer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cocky | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cocky | cop |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 cocky | advmod |
| 5 | cocky | cocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 shooting | punct |
| 7 | shooting | shoot | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 cocky | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 calling | cc |
| 9 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 shooting | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 arrow | nmod:poss |
| 11 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 calling | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 messenger | det |
| 13 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 calling | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 legged | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 legged | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lion | det |
| 17 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 legged | nsubj |
| 18 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 legged | advmod |
| 19 | legged | leg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cocky | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 legged | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 ask | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 27 ask | advmod |
| 23 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 27 ask | obj |
| 24 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 ask | aux |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 fox | det |
| 26 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ask | nsubj |
| 27 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cocky | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 lion | det |
| 29 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ask | obj |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 cocky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the archer | cocky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shoot | gerund | the archer not said here | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | call | gerund | the archer not said here | his arrow | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme messenger=Result | ||||
| 4 | leg | past | the lion | messenger | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | past · do-support | the fox | the lion | 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
why he would not stay and fight after the arrow hit him in the hills
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stay | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stay | advmod |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fight | cc |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | conj |
| 8 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 11 hit | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 arrow | det |
| 10 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hit | nsubj |
| 11 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hit | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 hills | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hills | det |
| 15 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay | would | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | he not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hit | past | the arrow | him = he | the hills | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in hill=Destination |
Option 2
why he would not hunt the stag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 hunt | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hunt | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hunt | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hunt | advmod |
| 5 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stag | det |
| 7 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hunt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hunt | would | he | the stag | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
why he would not stay and fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stay | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stay | advmod |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fight | cc |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay | would | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | he not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
why he would not stay and fight the archer like a proper lion would do
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stay | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 stay | advmod |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 do | advcl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fight | cc |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stay | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 archer | det |
| 9 | archer | archer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obj |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 lion | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lion | det |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lion | amod |
| 13 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obl |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 do | aux |
| 15 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay | would | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | he not said here | the archer | like a proper lion | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent archer=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | do | would | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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