Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

the farmer's boy and his sling, is that just a slingshot or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be · To what, where: slingshot

This is test 9 · ★ 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 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boy	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slingshot	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sling	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sling	nmod:poss
7	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boy	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 boy	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 slingshot	cop
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 slingshot	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 slingshot	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 slingshot	det
13	slingshot	slingshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 slingshot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the farmer's boy and farmer's sling	a slingshot					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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the birds get the word and bolt the second he asks for it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 asks	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bolt	cc
9	bolt	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 second	det
11	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bolt	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 asks	nsubj
13	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the birds	the word			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	bolt	present	the birds not said here		second		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	present	he			for word	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, the starlings sing and the birds fly off the second he asks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 starlings	det
4	starlings	starling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sing	nsubj
5	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 asks	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fly	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 birds	det
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fly	nsubj
9	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sing	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 second	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
12	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fly	obl
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 asks	nsubj
14	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	the starlings		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fly off	present	the birds	second	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location second=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	present	he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, the rooks just sit there and laugh when he asks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sit	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rooks	det
4	rooks	rook	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sit	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 sit	advmod
6	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sit	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 laugh	cc
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sit	conj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asks	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asks	nsubj
12	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 laugh	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	sit	present	the rooks	there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	laugh	present	the rooks not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	present	he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, the birds get the word from the starlings and bolt the second he asks for the sling, and he's left with nothing

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 starlings	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 starlings	det
10	starlings	starling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 get	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bolt	cc
12	bolt	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 second	det
14	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bolt	obj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 asks	nsubj
16	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 second	acl:relcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 sling	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sling	det
19	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asks	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 left	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 left	cc
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 left	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 left	aux:pass
24	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	conj
25	with	with	ADP	_	26 nothing	case
26	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	24 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the birds	the word	the starlings			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent word=Theme from starling=Source
2	bolt	present	the birds not said here			second		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	present	he	the second not said here			for the sling	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent second=Recipient
4	leave	present · passive		he			with nothing	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with nothing=Theme

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