Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

The pig said the shepherd grabs him for his life, lol, is that true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pig, shepherd · What happens: say, grab, be · To what, where: pig · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pig	det
2	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shepherd	det
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabs	nsubj
6	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grabs	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lol	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 grabs	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 true	mark
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the pig			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grab	present	the shepherd	pig	for pig's life	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for life=Beneficiary
3	is	present			true 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

Yeah, the shepherd grips him very tight, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 grips	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grips	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grips	nsubj
5	grips	grip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tight	csubj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grips	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 tight	advmod
8	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tight	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 tight	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grip	present	the shepherd	him = he					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer

Option 2

Nah, the shepherd just lets him go, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 lets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lets	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 lets	advmod
6	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lets	obj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lets	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 lets	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	the shepherd	him = he					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the shepherd grabs him for his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 grabs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grabs	nsubj
5	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grabs	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 life	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 life	nmod:poss
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grabs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	the shepherd	him = he				for shepherd's life	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for life=Beneficiary

Option 4

Yeah, he squeals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 squeals	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 squeals	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 squeals	nsubj
4	squeals	squeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeal	present	he						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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