Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…

The Sheep said no way, the Wolf is a cheat, but why's the Stag a problem too?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sheep, Wolf, Stag · What happens: say, be, problem · To what, where: way, cheat, Stag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sheep	det
2	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cheat	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wolf	det
8	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 cheat	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cheat	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cheat	det
11	cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 problem	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 problem	cc
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 Stag	advmod
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 Stag	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Stag	det
17	Stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 problem	nsubj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 problem	det
19	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
20	too	too	ADV	_	19 problem	advmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Sheep	no way and a cheat	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	is a	present	the Wolf	a cheat	tree rules
3	is a	present		the Stag	tree rules
4	problem		the Stag		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

he would eat all the wheat before she could sell it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eat	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 wheat	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wheat	det
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 sell	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sell	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sell	aux
10	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 eat	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	would	he	all wheat					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient
2	sell	could	she	wheat					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he runs so fast she'd never catch him to get paid back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 catch	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 catch	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 catch	advmod
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 catch	advcl
12	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 get	xcomp
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	present	he			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not catch	would	she	him = he	fast property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	get back	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	pay back	participle	she not said here			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

he would never pay her back the grain she needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pay	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 pay	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 pay	advmod
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pay	obj
6	back	back	ADP	_	4 pay	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grain	det
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needed	nsubj
10	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grain	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay back	would	he		her = she				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient grain=Asset
2	need	past	she	the grain not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot grain=Theme

Option 4

he is too slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 slow	advmod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					slow property	tree rules

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