Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

so the wolf was basically starving bc the dogs were always on it, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf, dogs · What happens: starve, be · To what, where: bc

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 starving	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starving	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 starving	aux
5	basically	basically	ADV	_	6 starving	advmod
6	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	bc	BC	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starving	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dogs	det
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 it	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 it	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bc	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 starving	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	6 starving	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 starving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	starve	past · progressive	the wolf	bc				basically property	tree rules
2	is	past	the dogs	bc not said here		bc		always property	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

nah, the wolf ate plenty of lambs since the dogs were always sleeping soundly in their warm beds

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 ate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 lambs	case
8	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plenty	nmod
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 sleeping	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dogs	det
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sleeping	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sleeping	aux
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 sleeping	advmod
14	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 ate	advcl
15	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	14 sleeping	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 beds	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 beds	nmod:poss
18	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 beds	amod
19	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the wolf	plenty of lambs					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient
2	sleep	past · progressive	the dogs			dogs's warm beds		always, soundly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yep, those dogs stayed awake and watched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stayed	nsubj
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stayed	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 watched	cc
8	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stayed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	that dogs					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	watch	participle	that dogs not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

nah, the dogs were asleep all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asleep	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the dogs				night	asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

yep, but the wolf also found plenty of food near the village market every single morning, so he was fine

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	7 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 found	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	nsubj
6	also	also	ADV	_	7 found	advmod
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plenty	nmod
11	near	near	ADP	_	14 market	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 market	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 market	compound
14	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 morning	det
16	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 morning	amod
17	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl:unmarked
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 fine	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	22 fine	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 fine	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 fine	cop
22	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the wolf	plenty of food		the village market	morning		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Topic
2	is	past	wolf					fine property	tree rules

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