Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…
the Ass drank only dew and then died, sus or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ass · What happens: drink, die · To what, where: dew, sus
This is test 5 · ★ 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 Ass | det |
| 2 | Ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drank | nsubj |
| 3 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 dew | advmod |
| 5 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drank | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 died | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 died | advmod |
| 8 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 drank | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sus | punct |
| 10 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 died | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 what | cc |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 died | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 drank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | past | the Ass | dew | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dew=Patient | ||||
| 2 | die | past | the Ass not said here | sus | then | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, that was dumb and it killed him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dumb | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dumb | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 dumb | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dumb | cop |
| 5 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 killed | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | nsubj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dumb | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that | dumb property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kill | past | it | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, that was dumb and it killed him after he ate only dew for days
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 dumb | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dumb | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 dumb | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dumb | cop |
| 5 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 killed | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | nsubj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ate | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | obj |
| 10 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 ate | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ate | nsubj |
| 12 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dumb | parataxis |
| 13 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 dew | advmod |
| 14 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ate | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 days | case |
| 16 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that | dumb property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kill | past | it | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | eat | past | he | dew | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dew=Patient |
Option 3
yeah, it was silly and it killed him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 silly | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 silly | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 silly | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | cop |
| 5 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 killed | cc |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | nsubj |
| 8 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 killed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | silly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kill | past | it | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
nah, he was super smart and lived a long happy life with lots of food
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 smart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 smart | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 smart | cop |
| 5 | super | super | ADV | _ | 6 smart | advmod |
| 6 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lived | cc |
| 8 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 smart | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 life | det |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 life | amod |
| 11 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 life | amod |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lived | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 lots | case |
| 14 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lived | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 food | case |
| 16 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | smart, super property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | past | he not said here | a long happy life | with lots of food | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |
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