Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

the two frogs, one says let's jump in the well, and the other's like hold up

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, 's, two frogs · What happens: say, let, jump, hold up · To what, where: two frogs, 's, well · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	3 frogs	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 frogs	nummod
3	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 hold	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 frogs	acl:relcl
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
8	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 well	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 well	det
12	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jump	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 like	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 like	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 other	det
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 like	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 other	case
18	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	ccomp
19	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 hold	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	one	the two frogs not said here		tree rules
2	let	infinitive		's		tree rules
3	jump	infinitive	's not said here		the well	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in well=Trajectory
4	hold up	present	the two frogs			vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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 what if it dries up like the marsh did in the summer, how we getting out then

The tree, 20 words

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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 dries	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dries	nsubj
8	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 dries	compound:prt
10	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 did	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marsh	det
12	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dries	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 summer	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 summer	det
16	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 getting	punct
18	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 getting	advmod
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 getting	nsubj
20	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 getting	compound:prt
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he		tree rules
2	dry up a condition, not said to happen	present	it		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	do	past	the marsh	summer	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get out	gerund	we	then	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he says what if it dries up like the marsh, how we getting out

The tree, 15 words

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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 dries	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dries	nsubj
8	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 dries	compound:prt
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 marsh	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marsh	det
12	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dries	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 getting	punct
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 getting	advmod
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 getting	nsubj
16	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 marsh	acl:relcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 getting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	dry up a condition, not said to happen	present	it	like the marsh	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	get out	gerund	we		vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, he says the well might be cold, and we can't swim out

The tree, 14 words

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 well	det
6	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cold	nsubj
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cold	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 cold	cop
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 swim	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 swim	cc
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 swim	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 swim	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 swim	advmod
15	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 swim	compound:prt

#	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
2	is	might	the well	cold property	tree rules
3	not swim out	can	we		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

yeah, he says what if the water runs out, how do we get home again

The tree, 15 words

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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 runs	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 runs	nsubj
9	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 runs	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 get	advmod
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 get	aux
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 get	nsubj
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	conj
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 get	advmod
17	again	again	ADV	_	15 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	run out a condition, not said to happen	present	the water			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get	present · do-support	we	again	home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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