Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

why'd the Dog snap at the cows like that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dog · What happens: snap

This is test 3 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 snap	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 snap	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Dog	det
4	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snap	nsubj
5	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 cows	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cows	det
8	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 snap	obl
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 cows	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 snap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	infinitive	the Dog					at the cows like that	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at cow=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

cause he wouldn't share the hay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 share	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 share	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 share	advmod
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cause	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hay	det
7	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not share	would	he	the hay					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cause the cows came too close and he wanted to guard the hay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cows	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cows	det
3	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 close	advmod
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 came	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 guard	mark
11	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hay	det
13	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	come	past	the cause cows		close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	guard not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the hay		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Beneficiary

Option 3

cause he was sleepy and the cows woke him up from his nap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleepy	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleepy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sleepy	cop
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 woke	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cows	det
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 woke	nsubj
8	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sleepy	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 woke	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 woke	compound:prt
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 nap	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 nap	nmod:poss
13	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 woke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cause					sleepy property	tree rules
2	wake up	past	the cows	him = he		his nap			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

cause they were in his spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spot	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spot	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spot	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 spot	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 spot	nmod:poss
6	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cause			his spot			tree rules

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