Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

Wait, the wolf wore a sheep suit, proper sneaky, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wolf · What happens: wait, wear · To what, where: sheep suit

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wore	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wore	nsubj
5	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 suit	det
7	sheep	sheep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 suit	amod
8	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wore	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sneaky	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sneaky	amod
11	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sneaky	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wear	past	the wolf	a sheep suit					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent suit=Theme

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 hid in sheep's skin, mate

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 skin	case
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 skin	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 sheep	case
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mate	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			sheep's skin and mate			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in skin=Location

Option 2

He put on a full sheep's skin coat and crept in amongst the flock

The tree, 15 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 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	9 coat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sheep	amod
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 sheep	case
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coat	compound
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 crept	cc
11	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 put	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 flock	case
13	amongst	amongst	ADP	_	15 flock	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 flock	det
15	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	He			a full sheep's skin coat			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on coat=Destination
2	creep	past	He not said here			the flock			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flock=Trajectory

Option 3

He used a fleece to hide

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fleece	det
4	fleece	fleece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	a fleece					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleece=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Got a disguise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disguise	det
3	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Got	obj

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

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