Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold i…
Wait, who got butted by the bull's mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mate · What happens: wait, butt
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 butted | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 butted | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 butted | aux:pass |
| 5 | butted | butt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | conj |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 mate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bull | det |
| 8 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mate | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 bull | case |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 butted | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | butt | past · passive | the bull's mate | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument |
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 lamb that was stuck in the cave when the bull went in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lamb | det |
| 2 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 went | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 stuck | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stuck | cop |
| 5 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lamb | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cave | det |
| 8 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stuck | obl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 went | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bull | det |
| 11 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the lamb | the cave | stuck property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go in | past | the lamb | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The goat that got left behind in the field
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goat | det |
| 2 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 left | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 goat | acl:relcl |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 5 left | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 field | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 field | det |
| 9 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave behind | past · passive | the goat | the field | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in field=Location |
Option 3
The sheep that ran off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sheep | det |
| 2 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sheep | acl:relcl |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | the sheep | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The goat that got left behind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goat | det |
| 2 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 left | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 goat | acl:relcl |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 5 left | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave behind | past · passive | the goat | behind property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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