Test 8 · ★ · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

What was the Wolf's big mistake, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big mistake

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 mistake	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mistake	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Wolf	det
4	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mistake	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Wolf	case
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mistake	amod
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mistake	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	7 mistake	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Wolf's big mistake					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

Letting a cheeky young Kid talk him into playing music instead of eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Letting	let	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 talk	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Kid	det
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Kid	amod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Kid	amod
5	Kid	Kid	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 talk	nsubj
6	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talk	obj
8	into	into	SCONJ	_	9 playing	mark
9	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 talk	advcl
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 playing	obj
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 eating	mark
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 playing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	let	gerund		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	talk	present	Kid	vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	play	gerund	music	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme
4	eat	gerund		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Trusting a cheeky young Kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trusting	trust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Kid	det
3	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Kid	amod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Kid	amod
5	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Trusting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	gerund		a cheeky young Kid					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme

Option 3

Following the flock all the way to the far side of the big field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 way	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flock	det
3	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Following	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 way	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 side	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 side	det
9	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 side	amod
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 way	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 field	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 field	amod
14	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		the flock					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Playing piper to please a Kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	piper	piper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Playing	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 please	mark
4	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Playing	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Kid	det
6	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 please	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		piper					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piper=Theme
2	please	to-infinitive		a Kid					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kid=Experiencer

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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