Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

the heifer's chatting to the ox, all high and mighty, then the heifer gets dragged off for the altar, so why was she allowed to chill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: heifer · What happens: chat, drag off, allow, chill · To what, where: heifer

This is test 7 · ★ 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 heifer	det
2	heifer	heifer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 heifer	case
4	chatting	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 heifer	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ox	det
7	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chatting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 high	punct
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 high	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 heifer	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mighty	cc
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 high	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dragged	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 dragged	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 heifer	det
16	heifer	heifer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dragged	nsubj:pass
17	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 dragged	aux:pass
18	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 heifer	parataxis
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 dragged	compound:prt
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 altar	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 altar	det
22	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dragged	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 allowed	punct
24	so	so	ADV	_	28 allowed	advmod
25	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	28 allowed	advmod
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 allowed	aux:pass
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 allowed	nsubj:pass
28	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 dragged	conj
29	to	to	PART	_	30 chill	mark
30	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 allowed	xcomp
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 heifer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	chat speech: other	gerund	the heifer not said here			to the ox	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drag off	present · passive		the heifer	then	for the altar	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for altar=Theme
3	allow	past · passive		heifer			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
4	chill not said to happen	to-infinitive	heifer not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 had been bought by the priest

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	4 bought	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bought	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 bought	aux:pass
4	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 priest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 priest	det
7	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past · perfect · passive	the priest	she					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

she had been promised to the gods as a young calf by the farmer long ago

The tree, 16 words

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	4 promised	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 promised	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 promised	aux:pass
4	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gods	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gods	det
7	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 promised	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 calf	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 calf	det
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 calf	amod
11	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 farmer	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 farmer	det
14	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 promised	obl
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 ago	advmod
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	4 promised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive	the farmer	she	the gods			as a young calf; ago property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to god=Goal

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she was always meant for the altar

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	4 meant	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meant	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 meant	advmod
4	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 altar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 altar	det
7	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past · passive		she				for the altar; always property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for altar=Attribute

Option 4

she was the priest's favourite

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	6 favourite	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 favourite	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priest	det
4	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 favourite	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 priest	case
6	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					favourite property	tree rules

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