Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

the sick stag's just lying there, and all his mates come round and nibble the grass, like proper selfish, so what happens to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sick stag, mates · What happens: lie, come round, nibble, happen · To what, where: grass, stag

This is test 4 · ★ 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	3 stag	det
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stag	amod
3	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 stag	case
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 lying	advmod
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 lying	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 come	cc
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 mates	det:predet
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mates	nmod:poss
12	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 come	nsubj
13	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	parataxis
14	round	round	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 nibble	cc
16	nibble	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 come	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grass	det
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 nibble	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 selfish	punct
20	like	like	ADP	_	22 selfish	case
21	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 selfish	amod
22	selfish	selfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 nibble	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 happens	punct
24	so	so	ADV	_	26 happens	advmod
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 happens	nsubj
26	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	advcl
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 him	case
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 happens	obl
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund	the sick stag			there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come round	present	stag's mates				round property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	nibble	present	stag's mates not said here	the grass			like proper selfish	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	happen	present			stag			vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he starves because there's no grass left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starves	nsubj
2	starves	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 's	mark
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 's	expl
5	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starves	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 's	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 grass	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	starve	present	he			tree rules
2	be	present	no grass		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	participle		no grass not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

the hunters come and take him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hunters	det
2	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 take	cc
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 come	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the hunters						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	present	the hunters not said here		him = he				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 3

he starves to death because there's no grass left for him to eat anywhere near

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 starves	nsubj
2	starves	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 death	case
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 starves	obl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 's	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starves	advcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 grass	det
9	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 grass	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 left	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 eat	mark
14	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 left	advcl
15	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 near	advmod
16	near	near	ADV	_	14 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	starve	present	he			to death	tree rules
2	be	present	no grass		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	participle		no grass not said here		for grass	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient
4	eat	to-infinitive				near property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he just gets a bit thin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gets	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 gets	advmod
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thin	obl:unmarked
6	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	he					thin property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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