Test 4 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farme…

were the little larks lowkey nervous?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little larks · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» 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	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nervous	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 larks	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 larks	amod
4	larks	lark	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nervous	nsubj
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	6 nervous	advmod
6	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 nervous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the little larks					lowkey, nervous property	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

yeah, they were super scared of the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	super	super	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cat	det
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					of the cat; scared, super property	tree rules

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

nah, they were flapping and practicing hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 flapping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flapping	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 flapping	aux
5	flapping	flap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 practicing	cc
7	practicing	practice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 flapping	conj
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 practicing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flap	past · progressive	they						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	practice	gerund	they not said here					hard property	vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yeah, they were freaking out so bad that they hid under the wheat and cried for their mom all afternoon

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 freaking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 freaking	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 freaking	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 freaking	aux
5	freaking	freak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 freaking	compound:prt
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 bad	advmod
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 freaking	xcomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 hid	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hid	nsubj
11	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bad	advcl
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 wheat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wheat	det
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hid	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cried	cc
16	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hid	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 mom	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mom	nmod:poss
19	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cried	obl
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 afternoon	det
21	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freaking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	freak out	past · progressive	they		afternoon	bad property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	hide	past	they	the wheat			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under wheat=Location
3	cry speech: express	past	they not said here			for their mom	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mom=Recipient

Option 4

nah, they were just chillin in the nest eating seeds and watching the farmer and his son work all day long

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 chillin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chillin	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chillin	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 chillin	advmod
6	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 nest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nest	det
9	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chillin	nmod
10	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 nest	acl
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eating	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 watching	cc
13	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 eating	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 farmer	det
15	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watching	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 work	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 work	nmod:poss
18	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 work	compound
19	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chillin	conj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 long	obl:unmarked
22	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	they	chillin and farmer's son work	the nest	tree rules
2	eat	gerund	the nest not said here	seeds		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient
3	watch	gerund	the nest not said here	the farmer		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Theme
4	work		farmer			nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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