Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…
so the stag hides in a cave, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stag · What happens: hide · To what, where: cave
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 hides | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stag | det |
| 3 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hides | nsubj |
| 4 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cave | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cave | det |
| 7 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hides | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hides | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hides | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 hides | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | the stag | a cave | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location |
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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, from the hounds, but a lion was in there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hounds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hounds | punct |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 hounds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hounds | det |
| 5 | hounds | hound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lion | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 lion | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lion | det |
| 9 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hounds | appos |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 there | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 there | case |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 lion | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a lion not said here | there property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he's hiding from the hounds, and then he finds a lion in there and it's proper bad
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hiding | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hiding | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hiding | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiding | aux |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 hounds | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hounds | det |
| 8 | hounds | hound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hiding | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 finds | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 finds | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 finds | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 finds | nsubj |
| 13 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiding | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lion | det |
| 15 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 finds | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 there | case |
| 17 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 finds | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 bad | cc |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 bad | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 bad | cop |
| 21 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 bad | amod |
| 22 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hiding | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · progressive | he | from the hounds | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from hound=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | find | present | he | a lion | then | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Topic | |||
| 3 | is | present | lion | bad property | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, from the hounds, but when he got in there was a lion waiting for him, innit
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hounds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hounds | punct |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 hounds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hounds | det |
| 5 | hounds | hound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 was | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 was | cc |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 got | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 was | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 got | obl |
| 12 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 13 was | expl |
| 13 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hounds | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lion | det |
| 15 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 was | nsubj |
| 16 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 lion | acl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 waiting | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 innit | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 5 hounds | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | be | past | a lion | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wait | gerund | a lion not said here | for lion | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, from the dogs, but a bear was in there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dogs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dogs | punct |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 dogs | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dogs | det |
| 5 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 there | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bear | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 bear | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bear | det |
| 9 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dogs | conj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 there | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 there | case |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the dogs but a bear | there property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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