Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…

Did Browny really think the fox was a friend, or was he just being dumb?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Browny, fox · What happens: think, be · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
2	Browny	Browny	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 think	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 think	advmod
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 friend	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 friend	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dumb	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 dumb	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dumb	cop
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dumb	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 dumb	advmod
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 dumb	cop
16	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 think	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	Browny			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the fox	a friend		tree rules
3	is	past	fox		dumb property	tree rules

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 was not dumb at all, he just wanted a friend to play with in the mud all day long

The tree, 20 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 dumb	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dumb	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 dumb	advmod
4	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 dumb	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wanted	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 wanted	advmod
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dumb	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wanted	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 play	mark
14	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 mud	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 mud	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mud	det
18	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 play	obl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 play	obl:unmarked
21	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	He		all		dumb property	tree rules
2	want	past	he	a friend				tree rules
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	a friend not said here			day	with the mud; long property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme

Option 2

He thought the fox was a friend and let him in because he was so lonely

The tree, 16 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	9 let	compound:prt
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 lonely	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 lonely	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 lonely	cop
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 lonely	advmod
16	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 let	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the fox	a friend		tree rules
3	let in	infinitive	He not said here	fox		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	is	past	fox		lonely property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was dumb but scared, and he knew the fox was a fox

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	3 dumb	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dumb	cop
3	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 scared	cc
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dumb	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dumb	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fox	det
11	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fox	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fox	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fox	det
14	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knew	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		dumb property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	know	past	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	past	the fox	a fox		tree rules

Option 4

He believed the fox was a kind friend who meant well

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fox	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friend	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 friend	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friend	amod
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 believed	ccomp
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 meant	nsubj
10	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 friend	acl:relcl
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 meant	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	the fox	a kind friend		tree rules
3	mean	past	a kind friend		well property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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