Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d…
the members stopped helping the belly, so what happened to the body?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: members · What happens: stop, help, happen · To what, where: belly
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» 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 members | det |
| 2 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | helping | help | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stopped | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 belly | det |
| 6 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helping | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 happened | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 happened | advmod |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stopped | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 body | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 body | det |
| 13 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 happened | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the members | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | help | gerund | the members not said here | the belly | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belly=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | to the body | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
it got weak and sick, but then the members said they were sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sick | cc |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 weak | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 said | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 members | det |
| 10 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sorry | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 sorry | cop |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | weak property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the members | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | members = member | sorry property | tree rules |
Option 2
it got weak, they got bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 7 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | weak property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | past | they | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
it got weak, they said sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | weak property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | past | they | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
it got really weak, and the members all came back and said sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 weak | advmod |
| 4 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 came | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 came | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 members | det |
| 8 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 came | nsubj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 members | det |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | weak property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | come back | past | the members | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | past | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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