Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

the goat's up the rock and the wolf's trying to bait her, so she's like, you're not bothered about grass, you just want to eat me, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goat, you · What happens: be, try, bait, not be, want, eat · To what, where: goat, me

This is test 3 · ★ 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 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rock	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rock	cop
4	up	up	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trying	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trying	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 wolf	case
11	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 rock	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bait	mark
13	bait	bait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 trying	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bait	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bothered	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	24 bothered	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 bothered	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bothered	cop
19	like	like	INTJ	_	24 bothered	discourse
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bothered	punct
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 bothered	nsubj
22	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bothered	aux:pass
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 bothered	advmod
24	bothered	bother	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rock	parataxis
25	about	about	ADP	_	26 grass	case
26	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bothered	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 want	punct
28	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 want	nsubj
29	just	just	ADV	_	30 want	advmod
30	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 bothered	conj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 eat	mark
32	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 want	xcomp
33	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 eat	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 innit	punct
35	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 eat	conj
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 rock	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the goat			up the rock	tree rules
2	try	gerund	the goat not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	bait not said to happen	to-infinitive	the goat not said here		goat		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination
4	not is	present · passive		goat		about grass; bother property	tree rules
5	want	present	you				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	me			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
7	innit	infinitive	you not said here				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

she told him to just go away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go away not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

she said no thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 thanks	det
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	no thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she worked out he wanted to eat her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 worked	compound:prt
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 worked	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	work out	past	she		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

she figured he was after her milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 figured	nsubj
2	figured	figure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 milk	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 milk	cop
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 milk	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 milk	nmod:poss
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figured	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	figure	past	she						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	he				after her milk		tree rules

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