Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

the Peacock flexed his tail at the Crane, cringe, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peacock · What happens: flex · To what, where: tail, Crane

This is test 11 · ★ 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 Peacock	det
2	Peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flexed	nsubj
3	flexed	flex	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flexed	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 Crane	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Crane	det
8	Crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flexed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cringe	punct
10	cringe	cringe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Crane	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 flexed	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	3 flexed	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 flexed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flex	past	the Peacock	Peacock's tail		the Crane and cringe			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tail=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, the Crane flew off higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crane	det
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 flew	compound:prt
7	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 flew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	the Crane					high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

nah, the Crane was impressed and bowed to the Peacock's fancy show

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 impressed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crane	det
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impressed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 impressed	cop
6	impressed	impressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bowed	cc
8	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 impressed	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	14 show	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Peacock	det
11	Peacock	Peacock	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 show	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Peacock	case
13	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 show	amod
14	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Crane	impressed property	tree rules
2	bow	participle	the Crane not said here	to the Peacock's fancy show	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to show=Theme
3	show		the Peacock		nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

yep, the Crane just flew way higher than the Peacock's tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	6 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crane	det
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 flew	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 flew	advmod
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flew	obj
8	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 flew	xcomp
9	than	than	ADP	_	13 tail	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Peacock	det
11	Peacock	Peacock	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 tail	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Peacock	case
13	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the Crane	way				high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yep, the Crane flew way higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crane	det
4	Crane	Crane	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obj
7	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 flew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the Crane	way				high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

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