Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

so the lamb is the good one, right? she just kept calmly saying the facts

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lamb · What happens: be, keep, say · To what, where: good one, facts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lamb	det
3	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	7 one	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod
15	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 kept	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 facts	det
17	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the lamb	the good one		tree rules
2	keep	past	lamb		calmly property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	lamb not said here	the facts		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fact=Topic

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

she shouted back at the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 shouted	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 wolf	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout back speech: express	past	she			the wolf			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she bargained for her life fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bargained	nsubj
2	bargained	bargain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 life	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 life	nmod:poss
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bargained	obl
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bargained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bargain	past	she					for her life; fast property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she stayed calm and told the truth, but the wolf ignored every word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 told	cc
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ignored	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 ignored	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ignored	nsubj
12	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	parataxis
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	past	she		calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here	the truth		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
3	ignore	past	the wolf	every word		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she stayed calm and told the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 told	cc
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	she					calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

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