Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

Did the Goats chill and let each other pass, or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Goats · What happens: chill, let · To what, where: other pass

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Goats	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Goats	det
3	Goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chill	nsubj
4	chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 chill	conj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 pass	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pass	amod
9	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 chill	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	present	the Goats						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	let	infinitive	the Goats not said here	each other pass					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=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 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, they clashed horns and both fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 clashed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clashed	nsubj
4	clashed	clash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clashed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clashed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clash	past	they	horns					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horn=Theme
2	fall	past	both						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nah, they just stood there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stood	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stood	advmod
5	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	they			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, they took turns and let each other pass, then they sat down and had a chat

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 took	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 pass	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pass	amod
10	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sat	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 sat	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sat	nsubj
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 sat	compound:prt
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 had	cc
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 took	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 chat	det
19	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	take	past	they	turns		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
2	let	infinitive	they not said here	each other pass		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme
3	sit down	past	turns = turn		then	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	past	they not said here	a chat		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient

Option 4

Nah, one bloke stepped aside and the other crossed over and went home for tea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stepped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bloke	nummod
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stepped	nsubj
5	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	aside	aside	ADV	_	5 stepped	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crossed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 other	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 crossed	obl:unmarked
10	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stepped	conj
11	over	over	ADV	_	10 crossed	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stepped	conj
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 tea	case
16	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	step	past	one bloke		aside property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cross over	participle	one bloke not said here	the other	over property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past	one bloke not said here		for tea; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for tea=Beneficiary

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