Test 11 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

the dolphin dipped cause he saw the monkey, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dolphin · What happens: dip, see · To what, where: monkey

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dolphin	det
2	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dipped	nsubj
3	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	6 saw	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dipped	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	3 dipped	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 dipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	past	the dolphin						tree rules
2	see	past	dolphin	the monkey					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer monkey=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 · ← Mova's choice

yup, he turned around and saw the monkey sitting there on his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	around	around	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 saw	cc
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 monkey	det
9	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saw	obj
10	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 monkey	acl
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sitting	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 back	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 back	nmod:poss
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn around	past	yup			around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	yup not said here	the monkey			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer monkey=Stimulus
3	sit	gerund	the monkey not said here		yup's back; there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yup, he looked back and saw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yup	yup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yup	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 looked	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 saw	cc
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	past	yup						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	see	past	yup not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

yes, he glanced around quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 glanced	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 glanced	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glanced	nsubj
4	glanced	glance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	around	around	ADV	_	4 glanced	advmod
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 glanced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glance around	past	he					around, quickly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

no, he kept swimming until the monkey fell off into the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 fell	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 fell	compound:prt
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	swim	gerund	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall off	past	the monkey	the water	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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