Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

fr, what did the Cock do before sleep?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr · What happens: do · To what, where: Cock

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cock	det
6	Cock	Cock	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 sleep	case
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	fr	the Cock					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality
2	do	present	fr not said here				before sleep		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He called out to the Fox and asked him to come up

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Fox	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fox	det
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	iobj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 come	mark
11	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
12	up	up	ADV	_	11 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	past	He	the Fox	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fox=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here	Fox	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	come up not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Shook his feathers out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 feathers	nmod:poss
3	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shook	obj
4	out	out	ADV	_	1 Shook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake out	past		his feathers				out property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent feather=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Flapped wings and crowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flapped	flap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Flapped	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 crowed	cc
4	crowed	crow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Flapped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flap	participle		wings					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	crow	participle							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He flew down to the ground and hid under the hay

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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hid	cc
8	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 hay	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hay	det
11	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly down	past	He					to the ground result; down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result
2	hide	past	He not said here			the hay			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under hay=Location

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