Test 5 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

So what happened to the sheep in the end, like, honestly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen

This is test 5 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happened	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sheep	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	INTJ	_	3 happened	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
13	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	11 like	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						to the sheep in the end	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 wolf ran off and left them

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	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 left	cc
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ran	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the wolf						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	the wolf not said here	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The wolf went mental and got loads of them

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	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 went	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 got	cc
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 loads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the wolf					mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	the wolf not said here	loads of loads					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus

Option 3

The wolf came back and ate the lot

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	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ate	cc
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the wolf						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	past	the wolf not said here	the lot					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 4

The boy got there in time and chased the wolf away, saving most of the flock from harm

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 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 got	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chased	cc
8	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	8 chased	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saving	punct
13	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 chased	advcl
14	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 saving	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 flock	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flock	det
17	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 most	nmod
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 harm	case
19	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the boy		there	time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	chase away	past	the boy not said here	the wolf			away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
3	save	gerund	the boy not said here	most of the flock from harm				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme

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