Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

bro, why was the wolf so sad that he almost cried?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: be, cry · To what, where: wolf

This is test 10 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sad	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wolf	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 wolf	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wolf	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sad	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 sad	advmod
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 cried	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cried	nsubj
11	almost	almost	ADV	_	12 cried	advmod
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the wolf					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	past	wolf					almost property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

he pictured the dog's chain being cut and then all the happiness of living at the house with the master

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pictured	nsubj
2	pictured	picture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chain	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dog	case
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pictured	obj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cut	aux:pass
8	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pictured	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 happiness	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 happiness	advmod
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 happiness	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 happiness	det
13	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	conj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	15 living	mark
15	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 happiness	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 house	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 house	det
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 living	obl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 master	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 master	det
21	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	picture	past	he	the dog's chain		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent chain=Theme
2	cut	gerund · passive				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	live	gerund	all happiness not said here		the house with the master	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location

Option 2

he was afraid of the big dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 dog	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of the big dog; afraid property	tree rules

Option 3

he remembered his lost mother and the long cold nights in the woods when he had been alone and hungry and cold

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nights	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nights	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nights	amod
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nights	amod
10	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mother	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 woods	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 woods	det
13	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remembered	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 alone	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 alone	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 alone	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 alone	cop
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 remembered	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 hungry	cc
20	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remembered	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cold	cc
22	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remember	past	he	his lost mother and the long cold nights	the woods		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mother=Theme
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past · perfect	he			alone property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he pictured all that happiness coming his way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pictured	nsubj
2	pictured	picture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 happiness	det:predet
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 happiness	det
5	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pictured	obj
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pictured	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 way	nmod:poss
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	picture	past	he	all happiness					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme
2	come	gerund	he not said here	his way					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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