Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

okay so the father, he ends up not praying for either of his daughters?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: father · What happens: end up, not pray

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 150 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 20: the boy's sling sends the rooks flying from the wheat field» 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	okay	okay	INTJ	_	10 praying	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 ends	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 father	det
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 father	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 praying	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 ends	compound:prt
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 praying	advmod
10	praying	pray	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 either	case
12	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	10 praying	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 daughters	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughters	nmod:poss
15	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 either	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 praying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	present	the father						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	not pray	gerund						for either	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for either=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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he reckons it's not worth it coz they want opposite things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reckons	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	obj
10	coz	because	SCONJ	_	12 want	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reckons	advcl
13	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	it		worth property	tree rules
3	want	present	they	opposite things		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme

Option 2

nah, he prays for both coz they both want the same thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 prays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prays	nsubj
4	prays	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 coz	mark
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 coz	advmod
7	coz	coz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prays	advcl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prays	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pray	present	he		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	coz	present	he not said here		tree rules
3	want	present	they	the same thing	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme

Option 3

yeah, he gives up on the girls since they fight all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 girls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girls	det
8	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gives	obl
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 fight	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fight	nsubj
11	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gives	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fight	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present	he					on the girls	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fight	present	girls = girl				day		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, he reckons it's not worth it coz they want opposite things and he's sick of hearing about the weather

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 reckons	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worth	obj
10	coz	because	SCONJ	_	12 want	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	advcl
13	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 want	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sick	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sick	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sick	cop
18	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 worth	conj
19	of	of	SCONJ	_	20 hearing	mark
20	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 sick	advcl
21	about	about	ADP	_	23 weather	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 weather	det
23	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	it		worth property	tree rules
3	want	present	they	opposite things		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme
4	is	present	he		sick property	tree rules
5	hear	gerund	he not said here		about the weather	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about weather=Stimulus

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