Test 9 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farme…
were the larks scared of the farmer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: larks
This is test 9 · ★ 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=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 larks | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 larks | det |
| 3 | larks | lark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 scared | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 farmer | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 farmer | det |
| 7 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the larks | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nah, they just knew they had to bounce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 knew | advmod |
| 5 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 bounce | mark |
| 9 | bounce | bounce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 had | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | have | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bounce | to-infinitive | they not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, they were super scared and hid in the wheat until the farmer went home for lunch, honestly
The tree, 18 words
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hid | cc |
| 8 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 wheat | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wheat | det |
| 11 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hid | obl |
| 12 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 15 went | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 farmer | det |
| 14 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | nsubj |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 hid | advcl |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 15 went | advmod |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 lunch | case |
| 18 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 honestly | punct |
| 20 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 6 scared | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | honestly, scared, super property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | past | they not said here | the wheat | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wheat=Location | ||||
| 3 | go | past | the farmer | for lunch; home property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lunch=Beneficiary |
Option 3
yeah, they totally ran from him, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 5 ran | advmod |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ran | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ran | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 ran | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | they | from him = he; totally property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from he=Trajectory |
Option 4
yeah, they got really scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 scared | advmod |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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