Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

so the wolf just grabbed her and dipped to the forest, no cap, that's cold

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wolf, that · What happens: grab, dip, be · To what, where: her, forest

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	5 grabbed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grabbed	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 grabbed	advmod
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grabbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dipped	cc
8	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grabbed	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dipped	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cap	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cap	det
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forest	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cold	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 cold	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cold	cop
18	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	past	the wolf	her = she			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	dip	past	the wolf not said here		the forest		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to forest=Location
3	is	present	that			cold property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

he carried her off to the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 carried	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past	he	her = she		the forest			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to forest=Destination

Option 2

he left her by the stream alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stream	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stream	det
6	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	her = she				by the stream; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by stream=Location

Option 3

he carried her off to the forest and ate her in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 carried	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ate	cc
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 carried	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 dark	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dark	det
13	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past	he	her = she		the forest			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to forest=Destination
2	eat	past	he not said here	her = she		the dark			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

he carried her off to the forest, where nobody could hear her cries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 carried	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hear	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 hear	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 hear	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hear	aux
12	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 carried	advcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 cries	nmod:poss
14	cries	cry	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	carry off	past	he	her = she	the forest	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to forest=Destination
2	hear	could	nobody	her cries		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus
3	cry		her = she			nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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