Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…
Bro, the Fox was well sly, dancing for the Pheasants. What made them fall out the tree?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: dance, make, fall out · To what, where: Bro, tree
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Bro, the Fox was well sly, dancing for the Pheasants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dancing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Fox | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Fox | det |
| 4 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bro | conj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dancing | aux |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 sly | advmod |
| 7 | sly | sly | ADV | _ | 9 dancing | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dancing | punct |
| 9 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 Pheasants | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Pheasants | det |
| 12 | Pheasants | Pheasant | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 dancing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dancing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past · progressive | Bro and the Fox | for the Pheasants; sly property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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.
Sentence 2: What made them fall out the tree?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | xcomp |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 fall | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fall | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Bro | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fall out | infinitive | Bro not said here | the tree | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient tree=Result |
The options
Option 1
they were spooked by a loud noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spooked | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 spooked | aux:pass |
| 3 | spooked | spook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 noise | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 noise | det |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 noise | amod |
| 7 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spooked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spook | past · passive | a loud noise | they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 2
the Fox climbed up and pushed each Pheasant off the branch with his strong paws
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fox | det |
| 2 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climbed | nsubj |
| 3 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 climbed | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pushed | cc |
| 6 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 climbed | conj |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 Pheasant | det |
| 8 | Pheasant | Pheasant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 branch | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 branch | det |
| 11 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climbed | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 paws | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 paws | nmod:poss |
| 14 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 paws | amod |
| 15 | paws | paw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 climbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb up | past | the Fox | the branch | with Fox's strong paws | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off branch=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | push | participle | the Fox not said here | each Pheasant | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pheasant=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
they got dizzy and dropped off one by one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | dizzy | dizzy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 dropped | cc |
| 5 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 dropped | compound:prt |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 dropped | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | dizzy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | drop off | past | they not said here | one | by one | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme by one=Destination |
Option 4
the Fox shook the tree and they fell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fox | det |
| 2 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shook | nsubj |
| 3 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shook | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fell | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fell | nsubj |
| 8 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shook | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | the Fox | the tree | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | ||||
| 2 | fall | past | they | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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