Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf, part 14…
Mad that the Monkey got voted king just for dancing, eh? What did the Fox do about it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Monkey, Fox · What happens: get, do · To what, where: voted king
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Mad that the Monkey got voted king just for dancing, eh?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Monkey | det |
| 4 | Monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mad | advcl |
| 6 | voted | voted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 king | amod |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 dancing | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 dancing | case |
| 10 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 eh | punct |
| 12 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 1 Mad | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the Monkey | voted king | for dancing | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent king=Theme for dancing=Source |
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 Fox do about it?
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 | 4 Fox | det |
| 4 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the Fox | about dancing | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he made a bargain with the Wolf
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bargain | det |
| 4 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Wolf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Wolf | det |
| 7 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | he | a bargain | with the Wolf | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bargain=Product |
Option 2
he hid the treasure in a hole
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 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 treasure | det |
| 4 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 hole | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hole | det |
| 7 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | he | the treasure | a hole | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent treasure=Patient in hole=Location |
Option 3
he ran off
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 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
he set a trap with a fake treasure
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 set | nsubj |
| 2 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trap | det |
| 4 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 set | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 treasure | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 treasure | det |
| 7 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 treasure | amod |
| 8 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | he | a trap | with a fake treasure | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent trap=Patient with treasure=Instrument |
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