Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

Oi, the cat nabbed the cock, innit, so what was his excuse?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, cock · What happens: nab, innit, be · To what, where: cock, excuse

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 386 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an excuse to eat a cock, and a wolf in sheep's clothing is killed by mistake» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nabbed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	nsubj
5	nabbed	nab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cock	det
7	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cock	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 excuse	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 excuse	advmod
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 excuse	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 excuse	cop
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 excuse	nmod:poss
15	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nabbed	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 nabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	nab	past	Oi	the cock	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Patient
2	innit	infinitive	the cock not said here		tree rules
3	is a	past		cat's excuse	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 said he crows at night so the men wake up early for their daily work

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	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	4 crows	nsubj
4	crows	crow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crows	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 wake	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 men	det
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wake	nsubj
10	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crows	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 wake	compound:prt
12	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 wake	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 work	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 work	nmod:poss
15	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 work	amod
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	crow	present	he	night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wake up	present	the men		for men's daily work; early property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	work		men = man			nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cock was crowing all night long and keeping everyone awake in the village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crowing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 crowing	aux
3	crowing	crow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crowing	obl:unmarked
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 crowing	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keeping	cc
8	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 crowing	conj
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 keeping	obj
10	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keeping	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 village	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 village	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crow	past · progressive	Cock				night	long property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	gerund	Cock not said here	everyone		the village		awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme in village=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cock keeps everyone up crowing at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 keeps	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 keeps	compound:prt
5	crowing	crow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep up	present	Cock	everyone					tree rules
2	crow	gerund	everyone not said here				night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cock wakes folks with his crowing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wakes	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 crowing	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 crowing	nmod:poss
6	crowing	crowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	Cock	folks				with Cock's crowing	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent folk=Patient with crowing=Instrument
2	crow		Cock						nom crowing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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