Test 7 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

What did the boy do when he got bored with the sheep, mate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: do, get · To what, where: boy

This is test 7 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 got	aux
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 got	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
9	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 got	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sheep	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sheep	det
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bored	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sheep	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the boy					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality
2	get	present · do-support	boy					bored property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

He asked his master for a new job and then shouted wolf to scare the farm animals

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 master	nmod:poss
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 job	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 job	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 job	amod
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shouted	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 shouted	advmod
11	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shouted	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 scare	mark
14	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 shouted	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animals	det
16	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animals	compound
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	his master		for a new job	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient
2	shout speech: express	past	He not said here	wolf	then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic
3	scare	to-infinitive	He not said here	the farm animals			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He had a laugh, shouting wolf at the villagers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 laugh	det
4	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shouting	punct
6	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 had	advcl
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 villagers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 villagers	det
10	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a laugh					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient
2	shout speech: express	gerund	He not said here	wolf		the villagers			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic

Option 3

He wandered down into the village and hid in the barn, laughing at the farmers as they searched the hay

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 wandered	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hid	cc
8	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wandered	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 barn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 barn	det
11	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hid	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 laughing	punct
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 wandered	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 farmers	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 farmers	det
16	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 laughing	obl
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 searched	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 searched	nsubj
19	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wandered	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hay	det
21	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 searched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wander down	past	He		the village	down property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into village=Destination
2	hide	past	He not said here		the barn		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location
3	laugh	gerund	He not said here			at the farmers	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	search	past	farmers = farmer	the hay			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hay=Location

Option 4

He chased the sheep around the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chased	obj
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	He	the sheep		the field			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme around field=Trajectory

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