Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

And the goat's like, the horn will tell on you, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horn · What happens: tell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goat	det
3	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 goat	case
5	like	like	INTJ	_	10 tell	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horn	det
8	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 tell	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
14	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 tell	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	future	the horn					on you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yeah, it speaks though I'm quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 speaks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 speaks	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speaks	nsubj
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 quiet	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 quiet	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quiet	cop
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speaks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	it						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	I					quiet property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, the horn will speak out loud to the master even if I keep my mouth shut the whole time

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 speak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horn	det
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speak	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	aux
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 speak	compound:prt
8	loud	loud	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 master	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 master	det
11	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speak	obl
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 keep	advmod
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 keep	mark
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 keep	nsubj
15	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	advcl
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mouth	nmod:poss
17	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 keep	obj
18	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 keep	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	speak out speech: other	future	the horn		the master		loud property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to master=Recipient
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	I	my mouth				tree rules
3	shut	infinitive	my mouth not said here			time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, whatever I do, the horn will tell on me, so I'm stuck, bro, and everyone will find out

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
3	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 do	obj
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horn	det
8	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tell	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stuck	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 stuck	advmod
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 stuck	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 stuck	cop
17	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tell	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bro	punct
19	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stuck	vocative
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 find	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 find	cc
22	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	24 find	nsubj
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 find	aux
24	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tell	parataxis
25	out	out	ADP	_	24 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	I	whatever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	future	the horn		on me	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	I		bro vocative; stuck property	tree rules
4	find out	future	everyone			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it'll speak even if I stay quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 speak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 speak	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 speak	aux
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 stay	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 stay	mark
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 stay	nsubj
9	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 speak	advcl
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	future	it						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay a condition, not said to happen	present	I					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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