Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous…

Bruh, why was the donkey so salty about the lapdog?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: donkey

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	8 salty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 donkey	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 donkey	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 donkey	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salty	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 salty	advmod
8	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 lapdog	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lapdog	det
11	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 salty	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the donkey					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

cause the lapdog got treats and chilled all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lapdog	det
3	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	ccomp
5	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chilled	cc
7	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chilled	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	get	past	the lapdog	treats		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treat=Stimulus
3	chill	past	the lapdog not said here		day	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

lapdog ate treats from the table and was stroked by the master all day long and nightly

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ate	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stroked	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stroked	aux:pass
9	stroked	stroke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ate	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 master	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 master	det
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stroked	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stroked	obl:unmarked
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 stroked	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nightly	cc
17	nightly	nightly	ADV	_	15 long	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	lapdog	treats		the table			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Patient
2	stroke	past · passive	the master				day	long property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the lapdog got tidbits, slept by the fire and never worked a single day in his life

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lapdog	det
2	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tidbits	tidbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slept	punct
6	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tidbits	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slept	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 worked	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 worked	advmod
12	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 day	det
14	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worked	obl:unmarked
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 life	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 life	nmod:poss
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the lapdog	tidbits			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tidbit=Stimulus
2	sleep	participle		tidbits not said here		by the fire	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not work	past	the lapdog not said here		day	in lapdog's life	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Theme

Option 4

the lapdog was fed scraps and did no hard work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lapdog	det
2	lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux:pass
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 did	cc
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 work	det
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 work	amod
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	past · passive		the lapdog					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient scrap=Theme
2	do	past		no hard work					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality

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