Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wily Lion, part 24: a lion tricks a bu…

the dogs wanted them hides, bruv, what they do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dogs · What happens: want, hide, do · To what, where: bruv

This is test 8 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hides	nsubj
5	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hides	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 what	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 bruv	appos
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	nsubj
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	the dogs		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hide	present	dogs = dog	bruv	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruv=Patient
3	do	present	dogs = dog		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

they reckoned they could drink the river dry and then go and get them hides from the other side

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drink	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drink	aux
5	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obj
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 drink	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 go	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 go	advmod
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckoned	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 go	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hides	nsubj
15	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 get	ccomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 side	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 side	det
18	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 side	amod
19	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	they					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	drink	could	they	the river			dry property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
3	go	infinitive	they not said here			then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	get	infinitive	they not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	hide	present	them = they		the other side			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from side=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

they tried to drink the river dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drink	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	they						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the river				dry property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient

Option 3

they tried to drink the whole river dry so they could get at the hides, bruv

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 river	amod
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drink	obj
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drink	xcomp
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 drink	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 hides	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hides	det
15	hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bruv	punct
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hides	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	try	past	they				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the whole river		dry property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
3	get	could	they		the hides and bruv		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

they wanted to chase the stags off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 chase	mark
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stags	det
6	stags	stag	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chase	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	4 chase	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	chase off not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	the stags					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme

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