Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare…

Wait, why'd the Hare say yes to the race, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Hare · What happens: wait, say, innit · To what, where: race · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 say	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hare	det
6	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 say	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 race	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 race	det
11	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	the Hare	the race	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to race=Recipient
3	innit	infinitive	you not said here		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

He reckoned the Tortoise was too slow to be any real challenge at all for him

The tree, 16 words

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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Tortoise	det
4	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 slow	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 slow	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 slow	advmod
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckoned	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	12 challenge	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 challenge	cop
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 challenge	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 challenge	amod
12	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slow	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 challenge	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He			for him = he	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Tortoise			slow property	tree rules
3	is a	to-infinitive	the Tortoise not said here	any real challenge	all		tree rules

Option 2

He wanted to show off his speed to the whole wood and to the Fox there

The tree, 16 words

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 show	compound:prt
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 speed	nmod:poss
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wood	amod
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Fox	cc
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 Fox	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Fox	det
15	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wood	conj
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 Fox	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	show off not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his speed	the whole wood and the Fox				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent speed=Topic to wood=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He reckoned it was impossible

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 reckoned	nsubj
2	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 impossible	expl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 impossible	cop
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckoned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past	He						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	He not said here					impossible property	tree rules

Option 4

He thought he would easily win

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 win	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 win	aux
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	6 win	advmod
6	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	win	would	he					easily property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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