Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

The boy with the filberts, fam, why's his hand stuck?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: stick · To what, where: boy

This is test 9 · ★ 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 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stuck	nsubj:pass
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 filberts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 filberts	det
5	filberts	filbert	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boy	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fam	punct
7	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 filberts	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stuck	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 stuck	advmod
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stuck	aux
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hand	nmod:poss
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stuck	nsubj:pass
13	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present · passive		the boy with the filberts and fam					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination

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

His fist is full, can't pull it out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fist	nmod:poss
2	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pull	punct
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 pull	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 pull	advmod
8	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 full	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pull	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 pull	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His fist					full property	tree rules
2	not pull out	can		fist					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He grabbed too many nuts and now the pitcher is stuck on his wrist and he can't escape, fam

The tree, 20 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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nuts	amod
5	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stuck	cc
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stuck	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pitcher	det
9	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stuck	aux:pass
11	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 grabbed	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 wrist	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wrist	nmod:poss
14	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stuck	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 escape	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 escape	nsubj
17	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 escape	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 escape	advmod
19	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grabbed	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 fam	punct
21	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	grab	past	He	many nuts			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme
2	stick	present · passive		the pitcher	his wrist	now	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on wrist=Destination
3	not escape	can	he	fam			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

His fist is so full of filberts that he simply cannot pull it out of the pitcher, fam

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fist	nmod:poss
2	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 full	advmod
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 filberts	case
7	filberts	filbert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 pull	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pull	nsubj
10	simply	simply	ADV	_	13 pull	advmod
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 pull	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 pull	advmod
13	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 filberts	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pull	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	18 pitcher	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 pitcher	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pitcher	det
18	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pull	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fam	punct
20	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pitcher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His fist					of filberts; full property	tree rules
2	not pull	can	he	filberts		the pitcher and fam		simply property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V NP.destination PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent that=Destination it=Theme out pitcher=Initial_Location

Option 4

His fist is jammed, can't get free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fist	nmod:poss
2	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jammed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 jammed	aux:pass
4	jammed	jam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 jammed	parataxis
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jam	present · passive		His fist					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination
2	not get	can						free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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