Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

wait, the lamb hides in the temple, and the wolf's like come out, and the lamb's like nah, mate, so what does the lamb say it'd rather be?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, lamb, wolf · What happens: wait, hide, come out, do, say, be · To what, where: temple, lamb · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hides	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lamb	det
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	nsubj
5	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 temple	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temple	det
8	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 come	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	nsubj
13	's	's	PART	_	12 wolf	case
14	like	like	INTJ	_	15 come	discourse
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 nah	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 nah	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lamb	det
20	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 nah	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 lamb	case
22	like	like	ADP	_	23 nah	case
23	nah	nah	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 mate	punct
25	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 nah	vocative
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 does	punct
27	so	so	ADV	_	29 does	advmod
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 does	nsubj
29	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 say	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 lamb	det
31	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 does	obj
32	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
33	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 be	nsubj
34	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 be	aux
35	rather	rather	ADV	_	36 be	advmod
36	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 say	ccomp
37	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide	present	the lamb		the temple		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in temple=Location
3	come out	infinitive	the wolf			out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4	do	present		the lamb			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Eventuality
5	say speech: assert	present					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	be	would	wolf				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 right answer

sacrificed than eaten by a wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	than	than	SCONJ	_	3 eaten	mark
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 sacrificed	advcl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wolf	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sacrifice	past							vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	participle						by a wolf	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

sacrificed at the altar rather than be eaten by some hungry wolf, innit, mate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 altar	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 altar	det
4	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sacrificed	obl
5	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	8 eaten	cc
6	than	than	ADP	_	5 rather	fixed
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 eaten	aux:pass
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 altar	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 wolf	case
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 wolf	det
11	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wolf	amod
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eaten	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	INTJ	_	1 sacrificed	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sacrificed	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sacrifice	participle				the altar		mate vocative	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	infinitive · passive	some hungry wolf						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

hidden till the wolf leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leaves	amod
2	till	till	ADP	_	4 wolf	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	obl
5	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present					till the wolf		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

happy to be sacrificed if the wolf gets lost in the hills and goes home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 goes	csubj
2	to	to	PART	_	4 sacrificed	mark
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sacrificed	aux:pass
4	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 happy	xcomp
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj:pass
8	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sacrificed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 hills	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lost	cc
14	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sacrifice	to-infinitive · passive				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»
2	lose a condition, not said to happen	present · passive	the wolf	the hills		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	go	present			home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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