Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

the grasshopper won't come down cos she saw wings all over a fox's place, that's proper smart

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grasshopper, that · What happens: not come down, see, be · To what, where: wings, place

This is test 6 · ★ 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	2 grasshopper	det
2	grasshopper	grasshopper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
3	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 saw	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 come	advcl
10	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 saw	obj
11	all	all	ADV	_	16 place	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	16 place	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fox	det
14	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 place	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 fox	case
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 smart	punct
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 smart	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 smart	cop
20	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 smart	amod
21	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 come	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not come down	future	the grasshopper			down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	grasshopper	wings	a fox's place		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus
3	is	present	that			smart property	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

nah, she's just tired, she wants a rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 tired	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tired	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tired	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 tired	advmod
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wants	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tired	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rest	det
11	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					tired property	tree rules
2	want	present	she	a rest					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she's not daft at all, she knows exactly what the fox's hole means and she saw all the wings lying there

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 daft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daft	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 daft	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 daft	advmod
6	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 daft	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	parataxis
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	13 what	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 means	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fox	det
15	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hole	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 fox	case
17	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 means	nsubj
18	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 knows	ccomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 saw	cc
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 saw	nsubj
21	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	conj
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 wings	det:predet
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wings	det
24	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 saw	obj
25	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 wings	acl
26	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 lying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	she		all	daft property	tree rules
2	know	present	she				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	mean	present	the fox's hole				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
4	see	past	hole	all wings			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus
5	lie	gerund	all wings not said here		there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, she's just nervous about the wings she saw in the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 nervous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 nervous	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nervous	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 nervous	advmod
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 wings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wings	det
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nervous	obl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wings	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 grass	det
14	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					about the wings; nervous property	tree rules
2	see	past	she	the wings not said here		the grass			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wing=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she's not daft, she knows what the fox's hole means

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 daft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daft	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 daft	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 daft	advmod
6	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knows	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 daft	parataxis
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 means	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hole	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 fox	case
14	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	nsubj
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	she	daft property	tree rules
2	know	present	she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	mean	present	the fox's hole		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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