Test 12 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Mate, what made the wolf come out, like, at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: make, come out · To what, where: end

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 end	punct
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past					at the end	Mate vocative	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material
2	come out	present	the wolf					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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

It was night and the wolf had been hiding in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 night	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 night	cop
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hiding	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hiding	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hiding	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 hiding	aux
9	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 night	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 trees	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	night					tree rules
2	hide	past · perfect · progressive	the wolf			the trees			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was sunset and the shadows were creeping over the pasture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sunset	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sunset	cop
3	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 creeping	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shadows	det
6	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 creeping	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 creeping	aux
8	creeping	creep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sunset	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 pasture	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pasture	det
11	pasture	pasture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 creeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	sunset					tree rules
2	creep	past · progressive	the shadows			the pasture			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pasture=Trajectory

Option 3

A storm was rolling over the hills and the wolf had come down from the mountain to find some food for its cubs

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rolling	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rolling	aux
4	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rolling	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 come	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 rolling	conj
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 mountain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mountain	det
16	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 find	mark
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 come	advcl
19	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	20 food	det
20	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 cubs	case
22	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 cubs	nmod:poss
23	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	roll	past · progressive	a storm		the hills		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory
2	come down	past · perfect	the wolf		the mountain	down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location
3	find	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	some food		for wolf's cubs	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for cub=Beneficiary

Option 4

The wolf had been waiting in the old barn all afternoon for the sheep to go to sleep, and then the sun went down

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 waiting	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 waiting	aux
5	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 barn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 barn	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 barn	amod
9	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	obl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 afternoon	det
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	obl:unmarked
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 sheep	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sheep	det
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 afternoon	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 go	mark
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 waiting	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 sleep	case
18	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 went	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 went	cc
21	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 went	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sun	det
23	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 went	nsubj
24	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 waiting	conj
25	down	down	ADV	_	24 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · perfect · progressive	the wolf	the old barn	afternoon		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in barn=Location
2	go	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	sleep			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial_Location
3	go down	past	the sun		then	down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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