Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

no cap, what did the Fox say about the animals?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cap · What happens: do, say · To what, where: Fox · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cap	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fox	det
7	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 animals	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 animals	det
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	no cap	the Fox					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	no cap					about the animals	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

They promised peace and then the Dogs attacked them all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 attacked	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 attacked	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dogs	det
7	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attacked	nsubj
8	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 attacked	obj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	They	peace					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent peace=Theme
2	attack	past	the Dogs	them = they			then		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

They chased the Cock away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Cock	det
4	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 chased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase away	past	They	the Cock				away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Theme

Option 3

They agreed to share the farm and guard the barn together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farm	det
6	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 guard	cc
8	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 share	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 barn	det
10	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guard	obj
11	together	together	ADV	_	8 guard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the farm		tree rules
3	guard	infinitive	They not said here	the barn	together property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barn=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They made peace forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	They	peace				forever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product

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