Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…
What got the Gnat in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get · To what, where: Gnat, end
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Gnat | det |
| 4 | Gnat | Gnat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Gnat | in the end | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gnat=Stimulus |
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 gust of wind that blew him into the river, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gust | det |
| 2 | gust | gust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 wind | case |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gust | nmod |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 blew | nsubj |
| 6 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wind | acl:relcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 blew | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blew | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 gust | punct |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 gust | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | wind | him = he | the river | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into river=Product |
Option 2
A bird, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bird | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bird | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Lion's paw, which squashed him flat in the grass, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lion | det |
| 2 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 paw | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Lion | case |
| 4 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 squashed | punct |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 squashed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 paw | acl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 squashed | obj |
| 9 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 squashed | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 grass | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 grass | det |
| 12 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 squashed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 paw | punct |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 paw | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squash | participle · passive | the Lion's paw | the grass | flat property | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A spider's web, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 spider | det |
| 2 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 web | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 spider | case |
| 4 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 web | punct |
| 6 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 web | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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