Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

so the wolf got scared of a chain and just dipped?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: get, dip

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	4 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 chain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chain	det
8	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dipped	cc
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 dipped	advmod
11	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 scared	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the wolf					scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	dip	participle	the wolf not said here						vn meander-47.7-1 «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 thanked the dog politely, and then he ran off to find a meal at the farm down the road

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 thanked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thanked	nsubj
4	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thanked	obj
7	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 thanked	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ran	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 ran	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ran	nsubj
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thanked	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	to	to	PART	_	15 find	mark
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ran	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 meal	det
17	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 farm	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 farm	det
20	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obl
21	down	down	ADP	_	23 road	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 road	det
23	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	he		the dog			politely property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	run off	past	dog				then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	dog not said here	a meal		the farm		down the road	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent meal=Theme at farm=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he stayed to talk more, but then he got tired and ran back to the woods after the sun went down

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stayed	advcl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 talk	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 got	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stayed	conj
13	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ran	cc
15	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stayed	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 ran	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 woods	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 woods	det
19	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ran	obl
20	after	after	SCONJ	_	23 went	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 sun	det
22	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 went	nsubj
23	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stayed	advcl
24	down	down	ADV	_	23 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	talk	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	he	then	tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	run back	past	he not said here		to the woods result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to wood=Result
5	go down	past	the sun		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yep, he ran back to the woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 woods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woods	det
8	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	past	he					to the woods result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to wood=Result

Option 4

yep, he went home to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sleep	mark
7	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sleep	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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