Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

Bro, the goatherd chucked a stone, why though?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goatherd · What happens: chuck · To what, where: stone

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goatherd	det
4	goatherd	goatherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	nsubj
5	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stone	det
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chucked	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 though	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 though	advmod
10	though	though	ADV	_	5 chucked	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	the goatherd	a stone				Bro vocative; though property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=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 · ✓ the right answer

To get the stray goat back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goat	det
4	stray	stray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goat	amod
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 get	advmod
7	home	home	ADV	_	2 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		the stray goat				home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goat=Stimulus

Option 2

To make the wandering goat return to the flock before the wolf sees him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 return	det
4	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 return	amod
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	compound
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 flock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flock	det
9	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	nmod
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 sees	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the wandering goat return	to the flock	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset return=Product
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	see	present	the wolf	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To wake up the goat so he can go back to the fold for the night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wake	mark
2	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 wake	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goat	det
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wake	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 go	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wake	advcl
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 fold	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fold	det
13	fold	fold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	to-infinitive		the goat					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent goat=Patient
2	go back	can	goat				night	to the fold result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to fold=Result

Option 4

To call the goat back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 call	advmod
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call back speech: assert	to-infinitive			the goat			home property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent goat=Recipient

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