Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

Wait, what did the Cock dig up on the ground?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, dig up · To what, where: Cock, ground

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
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	7 dig	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cock	det
6	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 dig	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dig	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past		the Cock		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality
3	dig up	present			the ground	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location

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

A bright gem that a merchant had hidden in the straw and forgotten about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gem	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gem	amod
3	gem	gem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 hidden	nsubj:pass
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hidden	aux
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gem	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 straw	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 straw	det
11	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 forgotten	cc
13	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 hidden	conj
14	about	about	ADV	_	13 forgotten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive		a bright gem		the straw			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in straw=Location
2	forget about	participle						about property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A posh jewel someone dropped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jewel	det
2	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jewel	amod
3	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	nsubj
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 jewel	appos
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	a posh jewel						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A coin someone lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 someone	det
2	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 someone	compound
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 someone	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A grain of barley that had fallen from a sack on the cart near the gate

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grain	det
2	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fallen	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 barley	case
4	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grain	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fallen	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fallen	aux
7	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sack	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sack	det
10	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fallen	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 cart	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cart	det
13	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fallen	obl
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	a grain of barley			a sack		on the cart; near the gate	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on cart=Location

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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