Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

lowkey the wolf wanted to eat the dog, didn't he?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lowkey, wolf · What happens: want, eat, not do · To what, where: dog

This is test 2 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 eat	mark
6	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wanted	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eat	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wanted	conj
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 did	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	lowkey		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	lowkey not said here	the dog	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient
3	not do	past	wolf		vn act-114-1 «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

yeah, he really wanted to eat the dog, but the dog had sharp teeth and a loud bark that scared him off

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wanted	conj
15	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 teeth	amod
16	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 had	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 bark	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bark	det
19	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bark	amod
20	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 teeth	conj
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 scared	nsubj
22	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 bark	acl:relcl
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 scared	obj
24	off	off	ADP	_	22 scared	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the dog	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient
3	have	past	the dog	sharp teeth and a loud bark	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
4	scare off	past	a loud bark	dog	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

yes, he planned to sneak up later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 planned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sneak	mark
6	sneak	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 planned	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 sneak	compound:prt
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 sneak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	he						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sneak up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here					late property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, but the dog looked too strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 looked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 looked	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 looked	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dog	det
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looked	nsubj
6	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 strong	advmod
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the dog					strong property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

nah, he never thought about eating the dog at all, he just wanted to hear more about the house and its fine food

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 thought	advmod
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 eating	mark
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 thought	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eating	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 eating	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanted	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 wanted	advmod
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thought	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 hear	mark
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wanted	xcomp
18	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 hear	obj
19	about	about	ADP	_	21 house	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 house	det
21	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 more	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 food	cc
23	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 food	nmod:poss
24	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 food	amod
25	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 house	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not think speech: other	past	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	eat	gerund	he not said here	the dog	all	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient
3	want	past	dog			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	dog not said here	more		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

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