Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

the ants used to be people? that's mad, what did they do

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ants, that · What happens: use, be, do · To what, where: people

This is test 7 · ★ 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 ants	det
2	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 people	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 people	cop
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mad	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 mad	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mad	cop
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 used	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 mad	conj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	the ants			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive	the ants not said here	people		tree rules
3	is	present	that		mad property	tree rules
4	do	past · do-support	ants = ant			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

they nicked other people's crops and stored them, so jupiter turned them into ants

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crops	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 people	case
6	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nicked	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stored	cc
8	stored	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nicked	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stored	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 turned	advmod
12	jupiter	jupiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nicked	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 ants	case
16	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	nick	past	they	other people's crops		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient
2	store	past	they not said here	crops = crop		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	turn	past	jupiter	crops = crop	ants	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into ant=Trajectory

Option 2

they stole from farmers and hid the grain, so he changed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 farmers	case
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stole	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hid	cc
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grain	det
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 changed	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 changed	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 changed	nsubj
12	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	steal	past	they		from farmers	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide	past	they not said here	the grain		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient
3	change	past	he	farmers = farmer		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

they took food from the poor and kept it, so jupiter turned them into ants

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 poor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poor	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 took	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 turned	advmod
12	jupiter	jupiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 turned	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 ants	case
16	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past	they	food	the poor	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent food=Theme from poor=Initial_Location
2	keep	past	they not said here	food		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	turn	past	jupiter	them = they	ants	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme into ant=Trajectory

Option 4

they nicked the crops of the neighbours and hid them, so jupiter made them into ants

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crops	det
4	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nicked	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 neighbours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neighbours	det
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crops	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hid	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nicked	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hid	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 made	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 made	advmod
13	jupiter	jupiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	nsubj
14	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nicked	parataxis
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 made	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 ants	case
17	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	nick	past	they	the crops of the neighbours		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient
2	hide	past	they not said here	crops = crop		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	make	past	jupiter	crops = crop	ants	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into ant=Product

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