Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

What did the bystander say, like, the easy fix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bystander · What happens: say · To what, where: easy fix · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bystander	det
4	bystander	bystander	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fix	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 fix	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 like	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fix	det
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fix	amod
11	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the bystander	the easy fix					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme fix=Manner

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

Ask a friend to pull the pitcher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pull	mark
5	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pitcher	det
7	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pull	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pull not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the pitcher					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme

Option 2

Take half of the filberts out of your fist and then your hand will easily come out

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	1 Take	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 filberts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 filberts	det
5	filberts	filbert	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 half	nmod
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 fist	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fist	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fist	nmod:poss
9	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 come	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 come	advmod
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 come	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 come	aux
15	easily	easily	ADV	_	16 come	advmod
16	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	conj
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	half of the filberts		your fist			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent half=Theme out fist=Initial_Location
2	come out	future	your hand				then	easily, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Take half and your hand comes out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	1 Take	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 comes	cc
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	nsubj
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 comes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	half					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
2	come out	present	your hand						vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Drop some nuts and then pull out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 nuts	det
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Drop	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pull	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 pull	advmod
6	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Drop	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 pull	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	some nuts					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
2	pull out	infinitive	you not said here				then		vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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