Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

which story has the coat trick, is it the one with the thief and the innkeeper

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: story · What happens: have, be · To what, where: coat trick, one

This is test 12 · ★ 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trick	det
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trick	compound
6	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 one	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 thief	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 thief	det
14	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 innkeeper	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 innkeeper	det
17	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thief	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	which story	the coat trick					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient
2	is a	present	story	the one				with the thief and the innkeeper	tree rules

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 yawns three times and runs off with the coat, then he howls like a wolf in the yard

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 yawns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 yawns	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yawns	nsubj
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 yawns	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 runs	cc
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 yawns	conj
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 runs	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 coat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coat	det
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 runs	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 howls	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 howls	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 howls	nsubj
16	howls	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 yawns	conj
17	like	like	ADP	_	19 wolf	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wolf	det
19	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 howls	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 yard	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 yard	det
22	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 howls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	yawn	present	he	time		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run off	present	he not said here		with the coat	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with coat=Material
3	howl	present	he	then	like a wolf; in the yard	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in yard=Theme

Option 2

nah, he howls like a dog and takes the cloak away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 howls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 howls	nsubj
4	howls	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 howls	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 takes	cc
9	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 howls	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cloak	det
11	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	obj
12	away	away	ADV	_	9 takes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	present	he					like a dog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take away	present	he not said here	the cloak				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he yawns three times and runs off with the coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 yawns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 yawns	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yawns	nsubj
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 yawns	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 runs	cc
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 yawns	conj
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 runs	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 coat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coat	det
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yawn	present	he				time		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run off	present	he not said here					with the coat	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with coat=Material

Option 4

yeah, he yawns twice and steals the hat instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 yawns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 yawns	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 yawns	nsubj
4	yawns	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 yawns	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 steals	cc
7	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 yawns	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hat	det
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 steals	obj
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	7 steals	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yawn	present	he					twice property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	steal	present	he not said here	the hat				instead property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme

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