Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

bruv, why'd the lion not just jump him straight away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: not jump · To what, where: him

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jump	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 jump	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 lion	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jump	nsubj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 jump	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 jump	advmod
9	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 jump	obj
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 away	advmod
12	away	away	ADV	_	9 jump	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 jump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not jump	infinitive	the lion	him = he				bruv vocative; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent

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

cos the bull's tail was dead long and thick

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 bull	det
3	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tail	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bull	case
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 long	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 long	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 long	amod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thick	cc
10	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 long	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	is	past	the bull's tail	long property	tree rules
3	be		the bull's tail not said here		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cos the bull's horns were proper sharp

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 bull	det
3	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horns	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bull	case
5	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sharp	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sharp	cop
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	8 sharp	advmod
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the bull's horns					properly, sharp property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cos the bull's horns were proper sharp and he'd have been gored straight away, 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 bull	det
3	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 horns	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bull	case
5	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sharp	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sharp	cop
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	8 sharp	advmod
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gored	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gored	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 gored	aux
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 gored	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 gored	aux:pass
14	gored	gore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sharp	conj
15	straight	straight	ADV	_	16 away	advmod
16	away	away	ADV	_	14 gored	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cos	punct
18	innit	innit	INTJ	_	1 cos	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	is	past	the bull's horns		properly, sharp property	tree rules
3	gore	would · perfect · passive		bull	away property	tree rules

Option 4

cos the bull's hooves were proper heavy

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 bull	det
3	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hooves	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bull	case
5	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 heavy	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 heavy	cop
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heavy	amod
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the bull's hooves					heavy property	tree rules

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