Test 3 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se…

ok but how did the sun get him to strip down?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sun, him · What happens: get, strip down · To what, where: him

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 get	cc
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ok	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 strip	mark
10	strip	strip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	xcomp
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 strip	compound:prt
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ok	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the sun	him = he					tree rules
2	strip down	to-infinitive	him = he not said here						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

he shone soft, then turned up the heat

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 shone	nsubj
2	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shone	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 turned	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 turned	advmod
6	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shone	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 turned	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 heat	det
9	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	past	he					soft property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	turn up	past	he not said here	the heat			then		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heat=Theme

Option 2

he just got hot

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 got	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					hot property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

he whispered to the Traveler and then gave him a long hot blast

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 whispered	nsubj
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Traveler	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Traveler	det
5	Traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 gave	advmod
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whispered	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 blast	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blast	amod
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blast	amod
13	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	he		the Traveler				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to traveler=Recipient
2	give	past	he not said here	a long hot blast	him = he		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blast=Theme

Option 4

it sent a soft breeze, then glowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 breeze	det
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 breeze	amod
5	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 glowed	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 glowed	advmod
8	glowed	glow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	it	a soft breeze					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breeze=Theme
2	glow	participle					then		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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