Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

bro the wolf's stream was clearly his, he thinks the lamb's the problem, the lamb's just drinking

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, lamb · What happens: be, think, drink · To what, where: his, problem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stream	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stream	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 wolf	case
5	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 his	cop
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	8 his	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 stream	nmod:poss
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thinks	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thinks	nsubj
11	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stream	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lamb	det
13	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 problem	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 problem	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 problem	det
16	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thinks	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lamb	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lamb	det
19	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 problem	nmod
20	's	's	PART	_	19 lamb	case
21	just	just	ADV	_	22 drinking	advmod
22	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 thinks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		his = he	clearly property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the lamb	the problem	's the lamb	tree rules
4	drink	gerund	he not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 lamb was simply drinking, and the wolf was the one causing trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamb	det
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drinking	aux
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 drinking	advmod
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 one	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 one	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	conj
13	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 one	acl
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 causing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drink	past · progressive	the lamb		simply property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the wolf	the one		tree rules
3	cause	gerund	the one not said here	trouble		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient

Option 2

the wolf was simply drinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drinking	aux
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 drinking	advmod
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · progressive	the wolf					simply property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the lamb was simply drinking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamb	det
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drinking	aux
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 drinking	advmod
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · progressive	the lamb					simply property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the lamb was simply drinking from the stream, not stirring up any mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lamb	det
2	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drinking	aux
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 drinking	advmod
5	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 stream	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stream	det
8	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drinking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stirring	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 stirring	advmod
11	stirring	stir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 drinking	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 stirring	compound:prt
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 mud	det
14	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stirring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · progressive	the lamb			the stream		simply property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from stream=Source
2	not stir up	gerund	the lamb not said here	any mud					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mud=Patient

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