Test 11 · ★ · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do…

Ayo, how did the shepherd get out of that cell, real talk?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ayo · What happens: get out · To what, where: cell

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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	Ayo	Ayo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ayo	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shepherd	det
6	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 cell	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cell	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 cell	det
11	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 talk	punct
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 talk	amod
14	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cell	appos
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	past · do-support	Ayo	that cell					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

the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window and ran home to the mountain

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bars	det
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bars	compound
6	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 went	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ran	cc
14	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 ran	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 mountain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mountain	det
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite	past	the dog	the iron bars		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	go out	past	bars = bar	the window		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	run	past	the dog not said here		to the mountain result; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mountain=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window with the king's guards chasing

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bars	det
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bars	compound
6	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 went	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 guards	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 guards	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 king	case
17	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 went	obl
18	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite	past	the dog	the iron bars		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	go out	past	bars = bar	the window	with the king's guards	tree rules
3	chase	gerund	bars = bar not said here			vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the dog chewed the bolt and they left by the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chewed	nsubj
3	chewed	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bolt	det
5	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chewed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chewed	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	past	the dog	the bolt					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Patient
2	leave	past	they					by the gate	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the dog bit the iron bars and they went out the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bars	det
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bars	compound
6	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 went	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	the dog	the iron bars					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	go out	past	bars = bar	the window					vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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