Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…
the lion was dead nice and fair, like a proper king, so what did he do to make everyone happy?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: be, do, make · To what, where: everyone
This is test 8 · ★ 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 lion | det |
| 2 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nice | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nice | cop |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nice | amod |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fair | cc |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nice | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 king | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 11 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 king | amod |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nice | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 do | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 do | advmod |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 do | obj |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 do | aux |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 do | nsubj |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 nice | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 make | mark |
| 20 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 do | advcl |
| 21 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 20 make | obj |
| 22 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 make | xcomp |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 nice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the lion | nice property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the lion not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | do | past · do-support | lion | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | lion not said here | everyone | happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product |
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
he drew up fair laws for every beast to live under so that everyone could live in peace together
The tree, 19 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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 drew | compound:prt |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 laws | amod |
| 5 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drew | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 beast | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 beast | det |
| 8 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 drew | advcl |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 live | obl |
| 12 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 16 live | mark |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 so | fixed |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 live | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 live | aux |
| 16 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 live | advcl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 peace | case |
| 18 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 live | obl |
| 19 | together | together | ADV | _ | 16 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past | he | fair laws | for every beast | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for beast=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | live | could | everyone | peace | together property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |
Option 2
he drew up laws for everyone and then gave every beast a big share of the food
The tree, 17 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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 drew | compound:prt |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 drew | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gave | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 gave | advmod |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 beast | det |
| 11 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 share | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 share | amod |
| 14 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 food | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 food | det |
| 17 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 share | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past | he | laws | for everyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for everyone=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | give | past | he not said here | every beast | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient share=Theme | |||
| 3 | share | the food | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
he made a big feast for every animal to share
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feast | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feast | amod |
| 5 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 animal | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 animal | det |
| 8 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 share | mark |
| 10 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | he | a big feast | for every animal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent feast=Product for animal=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | he not said here | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he drew up laws for everyone to live in peace
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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 drew | compound:prt |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 drew | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 drew | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 peace | case |
| 10 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past | he | laws | for everyone | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent law=Result for everyone=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | he not said here | peace | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |
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