Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

so the wolf was just lying about being a wolf, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: lie, be

This is test 9 · ★ 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 lying	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 lying	advmod
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 wolf	case
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 wolf	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wolf	det
10	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lying	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lying	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	6 lying	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	the wolf						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund						about a wolf	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

yep, he pretended to be a wolf, but really he was a stray dog from the far side of the hill who wanted food

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 pretended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pretended	nsubj
4	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	8 wolf	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 wolf	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretended	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dog	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 dog	cc
11	really	really	ADV	_	16 dog	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dog	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dog	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dog	det
15	stray	stray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dog	amod
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretended	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 side	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 side	det
19	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 side	amod
20	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pretended	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 hill	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hill	det
23	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 side	nmod
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 wanted	nsubj
25	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 hill	acl:relcl
26	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pretend	past	he		the far side of the hill	tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	he not said here	a wolf		tree rules
3	is a	past	he	a stray dog		tree rules
4	want	past	the hill	food		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he was skin and bones and hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 skin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 skin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 skin	cop
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bones	cc
7	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skin	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hungry	cc
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	skin and bones					tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 3

nah, he really was a wolf, thin and starving from the long winter, and he came to the village that night for food

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 wolf	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wolf	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	7 wolf	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wolf	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thin	punct
9	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wolf	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 starving	cc
11	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 thin	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 winter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 winter	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 winter	amod
15	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 starving	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 came	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 came	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 came	nsubj
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wolf	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 village	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 village	det
22	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	obl
23	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 night	det
24	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	obl:unmarked
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 food	case
26	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 night	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a wolf			tree rules
2	starve	gerund	he not said here			winter	tree rules
3	come	past	he		the village	night	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial_Location

Option 4

yes, he was a wolf in disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 wolf	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wolf	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wolf	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 disguise	case
8	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wolf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a wolf		disguise			tree rules

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