Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

why's the fox so cocky about the ass, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 154 «Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bull, a parrot scolds a cat, a stag and a sick man get their comeuppance» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 cocky	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cocky	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cocky	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 cocky	advmod
6	cocky	cocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 ass	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ass	det
9	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cocky	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 then	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 cocky	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cocky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the fox				then	about the ass; cocky property	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

cos he met the lion and got a good share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 met	nsubj
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lion	det
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 got	cc
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 met	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 share	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 share	amod
10	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	cos	the lion					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Co-Agent
2	get	past	cos not said here	a good share					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer share=Stimulus

Option 2

cos he's got a tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tail	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	cos	a tail					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tail=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos he learned from the ass not to be greedy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learned	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 learned	nsubj
3	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 ass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ass	det
6	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learned	obl
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 greedy	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 greedy	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 greedy	cop
10	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 learned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	cos			the ass			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from ass=Source
2	not is	to-infinitive	cos not said here					greedy property	tree rules

Option 4

cos he learned from the cat not to be lazy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learned	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 learned	nsubj
3	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learned	obl
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 lazy	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 lazy	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 lazy	cop
10	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 learned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	cos					from the cat	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cat=Source
2	not is	to-infinitive	cos not said here					lazy property	tree rules

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