Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…
Ha, the Kite brought back a tiny Mouse! What did the Eagle think of that?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kite, that · What happens: bring back, do, think · To what, where: tiny Mouse, Eagle think
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 375 «Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14: a Stag borrows wheat on the Wolf's word» 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
Sentence 1: Ha, the Kite brought back a tiny Mouse!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 5 brought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ha | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Kite | det |
| 4 | Kite | Kite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 brought | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Mouse | det |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Mouse | amod |
| 9 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | past | the Kite | a tiny Mouse | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument mouse=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What did the Eagle think of that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 think | det |
| 4 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 think | compound |
| 5 | think | think | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 think | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Eagle think of that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent think=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | think | that | nom think «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
The options
Option 1
she was furious and refused to speak to him for the rest of the whole season
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 furious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 furious | cop |
| 3 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 refused | cc |
| 5 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 furious | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 speak | mark |
| 7 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 refused | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 speak | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 rest | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rest | det |
| 12 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 speak | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 season | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 season | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 season | amod |
| 16 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | furious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | refuse | past | she not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not speak speech: other | to-infinitive | she not said here | him = he | for the rest of the whole season | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
she was well miffed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 miffed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 miffed | aux:pass |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 miffed | advmod |
| 4 | miffed | miff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miff | past · passive | she | well property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
she was really happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happy | advmod |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | happy property | tree rules |
Option 4
she thought it was a fine present and kept the tiny Mouse in her own nest for good
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 present | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 present | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 present | det |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 present | amod |
| 7 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kept | cc |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Mouse | det |
| 11 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Mouse | amod |
| 12 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 nest | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 nest | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 nest | amod |
| 16 | nest | nest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | obl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 good | case |
| 18 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a fine present | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | past | she not said here | the tiny Mouse | Mouse's own nest | for good | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme in nest=Location |
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