Test 5 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

Wicked, so what's the moral then, like, the big lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lesson	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moral	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 moral	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 moral	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 moral	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moral	det
7	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wicked	conj
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 moral	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lesson	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	14 lesson	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lesson	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lesson	amod
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					then	moral property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Harm seek, harm find, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	compound
2	seek	seek	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct
4	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	compound
5	find	find	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 innit	punct
7	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Don't go looking for trouble, because trouble always finds the one who looks for it, innit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 go	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 finds	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 finds	mark
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 finds	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 finds	advmod
11	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 finds	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 looks	nsubj
15	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 one	acl:relcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 looks	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	gerund	you not said here		for trouble	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for trouble=Theme
3	find	present	trouble	the one	always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
4	look	present	the one		for trouble	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme
5	innit	infinitive	you not said here			tree rules

Option 3

Greed brings loss, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 innit	punct
5	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loss	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Greed	loss and innit					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent loss=Theme

Option 4

Those who seek harm will surely find it themselves, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 seek	nsubj
3	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Those	acl:relcl
4	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
6	surely	surely	ADV	_	7 find	advmod
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 seek	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 find	obj
9	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 find	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Those	punct
11	innit	innit	INTJ	_	1 Those	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present							tree rules
2	find	future	harm	it				themselves = they obl; surely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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