Test 5 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

How did the Dogs twig the Wolf was up to something?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dogs · What happens: twig up

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 twig	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 twig	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Dogs	det
4	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 twig	nsubj
5	twig	twig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wolf	det
7	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 up	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 up	cop
9	up	up	ADP	_	5 twig	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 something	case
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 twig	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 twig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twig up	past · do-support	the Dogs					to something	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

They spotted his big teeth

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 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teeth	amod
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spotted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	They	his big teeth					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Destination

Option 2

The Shepherd had warned them earlier that a wolf was prowling near the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Shepherd	det
2	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warned	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 warned	aux
4	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warned	obj
6	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 warned	advmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 prowling	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prowling	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 prowling	aux
11	prowling	prowl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 warned	advcl
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 field	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 field	det
14	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prowling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · perfect · passive		the Shepherd	them = they			early property	tree rules
2	prowl	past · progressive	a wolf			the field			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near field=Trajectory

Option 3

They saw him sneaking 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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	obj
4	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 saw	xcomp
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 sneaking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	They	him = he					tree rules
2	sneak off	gerund	him = he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They knew his feast tune

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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tune	nmod:poss
4	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tune	compound
5	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	They	his feast tune					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tune=Stimulus

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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