Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…
the little Mouse thought the Cock was a monster, lmaooo right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little Mouse, Cock · What happens: think, be · To what, where: monster · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | 3 Mouse | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Mouse | amod |
| 3 | Mouse | Mouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cock | det |
| 6 | Cock | Cock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 monster | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 monster | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 monster | det |
| 9 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lmaooo | punct |
| 11 | lmaooo | lmaooo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 monster | appos |
| 12 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 thought | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the little Mouse | right property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Cock | a monster | tree rules |
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
yep, the Cock looked scary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cock | det |
| 4 | Cock | Cock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the Cock | scary property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
nah, the Cock looked nice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cock | det |
| 4 | Cock | Cock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the Cock | nice property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
yep, the Cock looked really scary with his spurs and loud crow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 7 scary | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cock | det |
| 4 | Cock | Cock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | nsubj |
| 5 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scary | cop |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 scary | advmod |
| 7 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 spurs | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 spurs | nmod:poss |
| 10 | spurs | spur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scary | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 crow | cc |
| 12 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 crow | amod |
| 13 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spurs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Cock | with his spurs and loud crow; scary property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spur | his = he | nom spur «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
nah, the Cock was a nice bird but the mouse just got confused
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 bird | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cock | det |
| 4 | Cock | Cock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bird | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 bird | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bird | det |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bird | amod |
| 8 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 got | nsubj |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 mouse | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mouse | det |
| 11 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bird | conj |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 got | advmod |
| 13 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Cock | a nice bird but the mouse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | a nice bird but the mouse | confused property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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