Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

The Wolves wanted the sheep-dogs gone, the sheep fell for it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wolves, sheep · What happens: want, go, fall · To what, where: sheep dogs

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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 Wolves	det
2	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dogs	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dogs	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 sheep	punct
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	obj
8	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dogs	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fell	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sheep	det
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fell	nsubj
12	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fell	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	the Wolves	the sheep dogs		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme
2	go	participle		the sheep dogs not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	past	the sheep		for it	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme

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

Nah, the Sheep refused and kept their loyal dogs close by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 refused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sheep	det
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 refused	nsubj
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dogs	nmod:poss
9	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dogs	amod
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 close	nsubj
11	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	ccomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	11 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	refuse	past	the Sheep	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	the Sheep not said here	tree rules
3	close	present	Sheep's loyal dogs	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Yeah, the Sheep were fooled and gave up their guards, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 fooled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fooled	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sheep	det
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fooled	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fooled	aux:pass
6	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fooled	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 gave	compound:prt
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 guards	nmod:poss
11	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gave	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fooled	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fool	past · passive		the Sheep					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	give up	past		Sheep's guards					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the foolish Sheep agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 agreed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sheep	det
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Sheep	amod
5	Sheep	Sheep	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 agreed	nsubj
6	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	the foolish Sheep						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, the Sheep were wise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 wise	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sheep	det
4	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wise	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wise	cop
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Sheep					wise property	tree rules

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