Test 4 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

lol the lean dog tricked the wolf how, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lean dog · What happens: trick · To what, where: wolf

This is test 4 · ★ 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 tricked	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
3	lean	lean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tricked	nsubj
5	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tricked	obj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 wolf	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wolf	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	the lean dog	the wolf and no cap					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient

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

pretended he was a rich man with a huge wedding feast nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 man	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 pretended	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 feast	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 feast	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feast	amod
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feast	compound
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 pretended	obl
12	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	1 pretended	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past						with a huge wedding feast; nearby property	tree rules
2	is a	past	he	a rich man					tree rules

Option 2

offered a big dinner plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 plate	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plate	amod
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plate	compound
5	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 offered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past		a big dinner plate					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent plate=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

promised a fat wedding feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
3	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feast	amod
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feast	compound
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past		a fat wedding feast					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

Option 4

promised him a fat wedding feast from a nearby house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 promised	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feast	det
4	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feast	amod
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feast	compound
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 promised	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 house	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
9	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 house	amod
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 promised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past		a fat wedding feast	him = he	a nearby house			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal feast=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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