Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…
yo, what'd the woodman even ask the trees for, no cap?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: woodman · What happens: ask · To what, where: trees
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 what | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 ask | obl |
| 4 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woodman | det |
| 6 | woodman | woodman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ask | nsubj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 ask | advmod |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trees | det |
| 10 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ask | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 cap | case |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cap | punct |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 cap | det |
| 14 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ask | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | the woodman | the trees | for no cap | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tree=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
a sharper blade for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 blade | det |
| 2 | sharper | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 blade | amod |
| 3 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blade | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
some wood for the fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 wood | det |
| 2 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 fire | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fire | det |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wood | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a handle for his axe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 handle | det |
| 2 | handle | handle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 axe | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 axe | nmod:poss |
| 5 | axe | axe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 handle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
permission to chop down the forest's oldest oak trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 chop | mark |
| 3 | chop | chop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 permission | acl |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 chop | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forest | det |
| 6 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trees | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 forest | case |
| 8 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 trees | amod |
| 9 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trees | compound |
| 10 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop down | to-infinitive | the forest's oldest oak trees | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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