Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

the Shepherd left the Wolf in charge of the flock, dumb move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Shepherd · What happens: leave, charge · To what, where: Wolf, charge, flock

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» 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 Shepherd	det
2	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wolf	det
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 flock	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flock	det
10	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charge	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 move	punct
12	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 move	amod
13	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flock	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the Shepherd	the Wolf		charge of the flock			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme in charge=Location
2	charge			the flock					nom charge «act transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

yep, lots of sheep got carried off by the Wolf that night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carried	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sheep	case
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	aux:pass
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 carried	compound:prt
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Wolf	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wolf	det
11	Wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	the Wolf	lots of sheep			night		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, lots of sheep got carried off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carried	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sheep	case
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	aux:pass
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive		lots of sheep					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

nah, the Wolf was a good guard and kept every sheep safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 guard	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Wolf	det
4	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 guard	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 guard	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guard	det
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guard	amod
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sheep	det
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	obj
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Wolf	a good guard					tree rules
2	keep	past		every sheep				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme

Option 4

yep, some sheep got lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lost	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		some sheep					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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