Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

the pack-ass has a stick on his back and the wild ass goes, I don't envy you no more

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pack ass, wild ass, I · What happens: have, go, not envy · To what, where: stick, back, you

This is test 11 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ass	det
2	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ass	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 pack	punct
4	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 back	nmod:poss
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 goes	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ass	det
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ass	amod
14	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 goes	nsubj
15	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 has	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 envy	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 envy	nsubj
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 envy	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 envy	advmod
20	envy	envy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 has	parataxis
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 envy	obj
22	no	no	ADV	_	23 more	advmod
23	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 envy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	present	the pack ass	a stick	ass's back	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient
2	go	present	the wild ass			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not envy	present · do-support	I	you		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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

yeah, he says the stick is for your sins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stick	det
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sins	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sins	cop
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 sins	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sins	nmod:poss
10	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the stick					for your sins	tree rules

Option 2

nah, he says you get fed well for your load

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 fed	nsubj
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fed	aux:pass
7	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 fed	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 load	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 load	nmod:poss
11	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feed	present · passive		you				for your load; well property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he says you pay dear for your comforts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pay	nsubj
6	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pay	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 comforts	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 comforts	nmod:poss
10	comforts	comfort	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay	present	you	for your comforts; dear property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for comfort=Theme
3	comfort		your		nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

yeah, he says no

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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