Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

why was the Fox so extra happy?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: Fox

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Fox	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Fox	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fox	det
4	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happy	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 happy	advmod
6	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 happy	amod
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Fox					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

He had found a new friend

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	3 found	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · perfect	He	a new friend					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic

Option 2

He had won a big prize at the farm fair this morning

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	3 won	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prize	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 prize	amod
6	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 farm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farm	det
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 won	conj
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past · perfect	He	a big prize		the farm	morning		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent prize=Theme at farm=Asset

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

He wanted to trap the Cock

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 trap	mark
4	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cock	det
6	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	trap not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Cock					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Patient

Option 4

He was rushing to tell the Dogs about the peace

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	3 rushing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rushing	aux
3	rushing	rush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rushing	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dogs	det
7	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 peace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peace	det
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	past · progressive	He						vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here		the Dogs			about the peace	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient about peace=Topic

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