Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…

ngl, what did the bull say to the calf, bruh?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bull · What happens: say · To what, where: calf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bull	det
6	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 calf	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 calf	det
10	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
12	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 say	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the bull		the calf			ngl vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to calf=Recipient

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

"i was born on this same road."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 born	punct
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 road	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 road	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 born	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 born	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 born	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	past · passive		i		this same road			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"I knew that way before you were born."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 born	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 born	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 born	aux:pass
9	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knew	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	past	I	that way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus
2	bear in a quote	past · passive		you					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

"i knew this path long before the farmer ever built this barn, calf."

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obj
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 knew	advmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 built	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmer	det
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 built	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 built	advmod
11	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	advcl
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 barn	det
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 built	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 calf	punct
15	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 barn	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	past	i	this path				long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus
2	build in a quote	past	the farmer	this barn and calf			ever		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Product

Option 4

"yo, i been walking here forever."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 walking	punct
2	yo	yo	INTJ	_	6 walking	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 yo	punct
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 walking	nsubj
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 walking	aux
6	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 walking	advmod
8	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 walking	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 walking	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in a quote	participle · progressive	i			here		forever property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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