Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…

the Wolf was totally caring about the Goat, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wolf · What happens: care

This is test 4 · ★ 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 Wolf	det
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caring	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 caring	aux
4	totally	totally	ADV	_	5 caring	advmod
5	caring	care	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Goat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Goat	det
8	Goat	Goat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caring	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Goat	appos
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 caring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past · progressive	the Wolf					about the Goat; totally property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about goat=Stimulus

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

yep, he was worried a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 worried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 worried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worried	cop
5	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					a lot obl:unmarked; worried property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he wanted her for lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	her = she				for lunch	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yep, he cared so much he worried about her all day long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 cared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cared	nsubj
4	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 worried	advcl
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	4 cared	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worried	nsubj
8	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worried	obl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worried	obl:unmarked
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 day	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	he						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	worry	past	he				day	about her = she	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about she=Stimulus

Option 4

nah, he wanted her for dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 dinner	case
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	her = she				for dinner	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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