Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

so the moral is basically "tyrants always find an excuse," lowkey true tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: moral, lowkey · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	9 find	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moral	det
3	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 find	cop
5	basically	basically	ADV	_	9 find	advmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
7	tyrants	tyrant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 find	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 find	advmod
9	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 excuse	det
11	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
14	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 true	nsubj
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 find	conj
16	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the moral					always, basically, find property	tree rules
2	be		lowkey						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

a bully can always find a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	a bully	a reason				always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic

Option 2

a tyrant hates every single lamb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tyrant	det
2	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hates	nsubj
3	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 lamb	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lamb	amod
6	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	a tyrant	every single lamb					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamb=Stimulus

Option 3

a bully can always find a reason, even when no reason truly exists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 exists	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 exists	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 exists	advmod
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 exists	nsubj
13	truly	truly	ADV	_	14 exists	advmod
14	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 find	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	a bully	a reason				always property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent reason=Attribute clause=Theme
2	exist	present	no reason					truly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

a bully can always find a reason, and the innocent will never be heard

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bully	det
2	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 heard	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heard	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 innocent	det
11	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 heard	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 heard	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 heard	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 heard	aux:pass
15	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 find	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	a bully	a reason				always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	not hear	future · passive		the innocent					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

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