Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag and the Vine, part 18: beasts are…

the lion's had a go at the hare, then he sees a stag and drops her like a hot potato, so when he goes back for her, what's happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hare · What happens: have, see, drop, go back, happen · To what, where: stag, lion, had go

This is test 9 · ★ 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	6 go	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 lion	case
4	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 go	amod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 go	det
6	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 hare	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hare	det
9	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sees	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sees	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 go	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stag	det
15	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sees	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 drops	cc
17	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sees	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 drops	obj
19	like	like	ADP	_	22 potato	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 potato	det
21	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 potato	amod
22	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 drops	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 goes	punct
24	so	so	ADV	_	27 goes	advmod
25	when	when	SCONJ	_	27 goes	mark
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 goes	nsubj
27	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sees	conj
28	back	back	ADV	_	27 goes	advmod
29	for	for	ADP	_	30 her	case
30	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 goes	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 happened	punct
32	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 happened	nsubj
33	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 happened	aux:pass
34	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 go	conj
35	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	participle					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	hare	a stag	then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stag=Stimulus
3	drop	present	hare not said here	lion		like a hot potato	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	go back	present	hare			for lion	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
5	happen	present · passive		the lion's had go at the hare			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 legged it back to her den and he got no dinner either, the cheeky thing

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	2 legged	nsubj
2	legged	leg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 legged	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 legged	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 den	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 den	nmod:poss
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 legged	conj
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 dinner	det
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
13	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 got	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 thing	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 legged	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leg back	past	she	it				to her den	tree rules
2	get	past	he	no dinner				either property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she's gone and he has no dinner

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	3 gone	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	cop
3	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 has	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 dinner	det
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					gone property	tree rules
2	have	present	he	no dinner					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

Option 3

she's hidden and he's still hungry

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	3 hidden	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hidden	aux:pass
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hungry	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hungry	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	cop
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 hungry	advmod
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hidden	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · passive		she					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	present	he				still	hungry property	tree rules

Option 4

she's gone off and escaped and he has no dinner tonight at all

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	3 gone	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 gone	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 escaped	cc
6	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 has	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 escaped	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 tonight	det
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tonight	compound
12	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 tonight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	go off	present · passive	she		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	escape	past	she not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	he	tonight	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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