Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…
ayy, what was the mule's dad supposed to be?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ayy · What happens: be, suppose · To what, where: dad
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | ayy | ayy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 supposed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dad | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 dad | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dad | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mule | det |
| 6 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 mule | case |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ayy | appos |
| 9 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 be | mark |
| 11 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 supposed | xcomp |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 supposed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | ayy | the mule's dad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | suppose | past | ayy | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | be | to-infinitive | ayy not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
a fiery racehorse that once won the great race at the king's fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 racehorse | det |
| 2 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 racehorse | amod |
| 3 | racehorse | racehorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 won | nsubj |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 won | advmod |
| 6 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 racehorse | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 race | det |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 race | amod |
| 9 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 won | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 fair | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fair | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 king | case |
| 14 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 won | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | a fiery racehorse | the great race | the king's fair | once property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent race=Theme at fair=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a high-spirited horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 2 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spirited | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 high | punct |
| 4 | spirited | spirited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 horse | amod |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a gentle plow horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 horse | det |
| 2 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 horse | amod |
| 3 | plow | plow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 horse | compound |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a stubborn old ox
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ox | det |
| 2 | stubborn | stubborn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ox | amod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ox | amod |
| 4 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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