Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogu…
Bro, which bird did the Pigeons let in to guard them?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro, Pigeons · What happens: do, let in, guard · To what, where: Pigeons
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 157 «Aesop's Fables, The Serpent and the Eagle: a snake, a rogue, a proud horse and other short tales» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bird | punct |
| 3 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro | conj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Pigeons | det |
| 7 | Pigeons | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 let | nsubj |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 let | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 guard | mark |
| 11 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | advcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 guard | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Bro and which bird | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | let in | present | the Pigeons | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | guard | to-infinitive | the Pigeons not said here | Pigeons = pigeon | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
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 fox that had been stalking the dovecote for weeks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 stalking | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stalking | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 stalking | aux |
| 6 | stalking | stalk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 fox | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dovecote | det |
| 8 | dovecote | dovecote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stalking | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 weeks | case |
| 10 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stalking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stalk | past · perfect · progressive | the fox | the dovecote | week | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dovecote=Theme |
Option 2
The Eagle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Eagle | det |
| 2 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Hawk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hawk | det |
| 2 | Hawk | Hawk | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Crow who had been lurking in the nearby oak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Crow | det |
| 2 | Crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 lurking | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lurking | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 lurking | aux |
| 6 | lurking | lurk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 Crow | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 oak | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 oak | det |
| 9 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 oak | amod |
| 10 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lurking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lurk | past · perfect · progressive | the Crow | the nearby oak | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in oak=Location |
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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