Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

So the Dolphin was a bit sus with the old friend thing?

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

This is test 3 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	7 sus	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Dolphin	det
3	Dolphin	Dolphin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sus	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sus	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sus	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sus	compound
7	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 thing	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	amod
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thing	compound
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sus	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Dolphin	a bit sus				with the old friend thing	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, he was mad with the monkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mad	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 monkey	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					with the monkey; mad property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he was bang on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 bang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bang	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bang	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bang	aux
5	bang	bang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 bang	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bang on	past · progressive	he						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 3

Yeah, he was well vexed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 vexed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 vexed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 vexed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 vexed	aux:pass
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 vexed	advmod
6	vexed	vex	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vex	past · passive		he				well property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

Nah, they were good mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 mates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mates	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mates	cop
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mates	amod
6	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	they	good mates					tree rules

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