Test 13 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Lol, what did the wolf actually do to the sheep, be honest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, be · To what, where: wolf

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 honest	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sheep	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sheep	det
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 honest	punct
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 honest	cop
14	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		the wolf		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality
2	do	present	you not said here		to the sheep; actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	imperative	you not said here		honest 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 · ✓ the right answer

It killed loads of them and then bolted

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	2 killed	nsubj
2	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 killed	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 loads	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bolted	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 bolted	advmod
8	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 killed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	It	loads of loads					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme
2	bolt	participle					then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It scattered them and then fled home

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	2 scattered	nsubj
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scattered	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fled	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 fled	advmod
6	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scattered	conj
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 fled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	It	them = they					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	flee	past					then	home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It wounded a few and ran off quickly

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	2 wounded	nsubj
2	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 few	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wounded	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wounded	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	past	It	a few					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus few=Experiencer
2	run off	past						quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It injured the dog, killed the lambs, and then calmly walked off towards the village to find more food

The tree, 19 words

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	2 injured	nsubj
2	injured	injure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 injured	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 killed	punct
6	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 injured	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lambs	det
8	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 killed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 walked	advmod
12	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	13 walked	advmod
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 injured	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 walked	compound:prt
15	towards	towards	ADP	_	17 village	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 village	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 find	mark
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 walked	advcl
20	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 food	amod
21	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	injure	past	It	the dog			tree rules
2	kill	past		the lambs			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme
3	walk off	past			then	towards the village; calmly property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	find	to-infinitive		more food			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic

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