Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

and then the wolf goes "it was ur bro!" but she's like "dude i got no bro"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolf, she, i · What happens: go, be, get · To what, where: ur bro, bro · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 goes	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 goes	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bro	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bro	cop
9	ur	ur	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bro	amod
10	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	parataxis
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bro	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 dude	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 dude	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 dude	cop
16	like	like	ADP	_	18 dude	case
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 dude	punct
18	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	conj
19	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 got	nsubj
20	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 dude	acl:relcl
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 bro	det
22	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 got	obj
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the wolf		then		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	past	wolf	ur bro			tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	she			like dude	tree rules
4	get in a quote	past	i	no bro			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bro=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

the lamb told the whole truth

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	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 truth	amod
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the lamb	the whole truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the wolf made up another excuse

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	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wolf	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 excuse	det
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle	the wolf not said here	another excuse					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

the wolf made up yet another excuse and blamed her whole family

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	9 blamed	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wolf	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	7 excuse	advmod
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 excuse	det
7	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 blamed	cc
9	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blamed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle	the wolf not said here	another excuse					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	blame	past	the wolf	wolf's whole family					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

Option 4

the wolf made up another excuse, because he had decided to eat her anyway

The tree, 14 words

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	11 decided	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wolf	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 excuse	det
6	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 decided	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 decided	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 decided	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 decided	aux
11	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 eat	mark
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 decided	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	obj
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make up	participle	the wolf not said here	another excuse		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	decide	past · perfect	the wolf			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	her = she	anyway property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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