Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

ok so how'd the lion get the horns off him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get · To what, where: lion

This is test 3 · ★ 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	7 get	discourse
2	so	so	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	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	7 get	obl
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horns	det
9	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present		the lion				off lion	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Stimulus

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

he threatened him, said the herd was coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	nsubj
2	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threatened	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 herd	det
7	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coming	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 coming	aux
9	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	threaten	past	he	him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	past · progressive	the herd		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

he sweet-talked him for ages, said the horns were minging and he'd look better without them, innit

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	nsubj
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 talked	advcl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ages	case
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talked	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horns	det
11	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 minging	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 minging	aux
13	minging	ming	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 look	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 look	nsubj
16	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 look	aux
17	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 talked	conj
18	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 look	xcomp
19	without	without	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 look	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
22	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 talked	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	he	him = he	for ages		vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ming	past · progressive	the horns				tree rules
4	look	would	he			without horns = horn; good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

he flattered him loads, went on about how minging the horns were, and the bull just went for it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flattered	nsubj
2	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flattered	obj
4	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flattered	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flattered	conj
7	on	on	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 minging	mark
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 minging	advmod
10	minging	ming	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 went	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horns	det
12	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 minging	obj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 horns	cop
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bull	det
17	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 went	nsubj
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flattered	conj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	flatter	past	he	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer load=Result
2	go on	past	he not said here			vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ming	gerund	he not said here			tree rules
4	is a	past		the horns		tree rules
5	go	past	the bull		for it	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he sweet-talked him, said the horns were minging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	nsubj
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 talked	advcl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 talked	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horns	det
9	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 minging	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 minging	aux
11	minging	ming	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	talk	past	he	him = he	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	he not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ming	past · progressive	the horns		tree rules

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