Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

what's the cock's deal, like, why'd the fowler spare him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fowler · What happens: be, spare · To what, where: deal, him

This is test 12 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 deal	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cock	det
4	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cock	case
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	6 deal	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 spare	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 spare	advmod
11	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	14 spare	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fowler	det
13	fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spare	nsubj
14	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 deal	parataxis
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spare	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the cock's deal					tree rules
2	spare	infinitive	the fowler	him = he					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset

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 the cock said he could tell the time and wake the whole farm at dawn, innit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cock	det
3	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	advcl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wake	cc
11	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 farm	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 farm	amod
14	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wake	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 dawn	case
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wake	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the cock			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	could	cock		time	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wake	present	you not said here	the whole farm	dawn	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent farm=Patient

Option 2

cos the hen said he could find food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hen	det
3	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 find	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cos	infinitive			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the hen		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find	could	he	food	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

Option 3

cos the cock said he could guard hens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cock	det
3	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 guard	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 guard	aux
7	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	cos	infinitive			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the cock		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	guard	could	cock	hens	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cos the cock said he could tell the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cock	det
3	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	cos	infinitive			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the cock		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	could	cock	time	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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