Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

Mate, why did the Camel get booted out?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: boot out · To what, where: Mate

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 booted	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 booted	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 booted	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 booted	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Camel	det
6	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 booted	nsubj:pass
7	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 booted	aux:pass
8	booted	boot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 booted	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 booted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boot out	past · passive · do-support		Mate					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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

He danced so clumsily that he knocked over the feast, then walked on the king's face

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 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 clumsily	advmod
4	clumsily	clumsily	ADV	_	2 danced	advmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 knocked	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knocked	nsubj
7	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 danced	advcl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 feast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feast	det
10	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knocked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walked	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 walked	advmod
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 danced	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	18 face	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 face	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 king	case
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	He			clumsily property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	knock	past	he	the feast			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over feast=Location
3	walk	past	He not said here	the king's face	then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on face=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He tried to dance for the king but stomped all over the nobles' toes and then the king's nose and tail

The tree, 23 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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 dance	mark
4	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dance	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 stomped	cc
9	stomped	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
10	all	all	ADV	_	15 toes	advmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 toes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nobles	det
13	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 toes	nmod:poss
14	'	's	PART	_	13 nobles	case
15	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stomped	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 nose	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 nose	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 king	det
19	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 nose	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 king	case
21	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 toes	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 tail	cc
23	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 nose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	He			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dance not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		for the king	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stomp	past	He not said here	the nobles's toes and the king's nose and tail		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient

Option 3

He juggled pots and dropped them on the king's guests

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 juggled	nsubj
2	juggled	juggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 juggled	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dropped	cc
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 juggled	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dropped	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 guests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guests	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	juggle	past	He	pots					tree rules
2	drop	past	He not said here	pots = pot				on the king's guests	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on guest=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He danced like a total donkey and stomped the king's nose

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 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	6 donkey	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 donkey	amod
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stomped	cc
8	stomped	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 danced	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nose	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stomped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	He					like a total donkey	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stomp	past	He not said here	the king's nose					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient

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