Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

that dog was so salty about the chain, wasn't he?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 salty	advmod
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 chain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chain	det
8	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 salty	punct
10	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	parataxis
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 he	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 was	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that dog					about the chain; salty property	tree rules
2	be	past	dog						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

yep, he was furious about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 furious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furious	cop
5	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 furious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about it; furious property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yep, he growled and snapped at the wolf, saying the chain was the worst thing in the whole world to bear

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 growled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 growled	nsubj
4	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 snapped	cc
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 growled	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 wolf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snapped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 saying	punct
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 thing	csubj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chain	det
13	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saying	obj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thing	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 growled	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 world	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 world	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 world	amod
21	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thing	nmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 bear	mark
23	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	growl	past	he			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	snap	past	he not said here		the wolf	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wolf=Location
3	say speech: assert	gerund		the chain		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chain=Topic
4	is a	past	saying	the worst thing	the whole world	tree rules
5	bear	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

nah, he was calm, but he later wept quietly in the corner of the yard for many long and lonely hours

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wept	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 wept	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wept	nsubj
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 wept	advmod
10	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	conj
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 wept	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 corner	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 corner	det
14	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wept	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 yard	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 yard	det
17	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 corner	nmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	23 hours	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 hours	amod
20	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 hours	amod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 lonely	cc
22	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 long	conj
23	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					calm property	tree rules
2	weep	past	he				hour	in the corner of the yard; late, quietly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in corner=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he said it was just a trifle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 trifle	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 trifle	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 trifle	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trifle	det
9	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a trifle					tree rules

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