Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d…

the kid was on a roof dissing the wolf, how was that not sus?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, roof · What happens: be, dis, not be · To what, where: roof, wolf, sus

This is test 4 · ★ 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 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roof	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 roof	cop
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 roof	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 roof	det
6	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	dissing	dis	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 roof	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dissing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sus	punct
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 sus	advmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sus	cop
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 sus	mark
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 sus	advmod
15	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roof	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 roof	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is	past	the kid		a roof and sus	tree rules
2	dis	gerund	a roof and sus not said here	the wolf		tree rules
3	not is a	past	the kid not said here	sus		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

the wolf said the roof was the real reason he was mocked, bruh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	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 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mocked	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mocked	aux:pass
12	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
14	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wolf		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the roof	the real reason	tree rules
3	mock	past · passive		wolf	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the wolf said the roof was the real reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	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 roof	det
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the wolf						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the roof	the real reason					tree rules

Option 3

the wolf got really upset with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 upset	advmod
5	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 upset	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the wolf					upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

the wolf claimed the kid was on the roof to flex on him fr

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 claimed	nsubj
3	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 roof	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 roof	cop
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 roof	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roof	det
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 claimed	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 flex	mark
11	flex	flex	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 claimed	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flex	obl
14	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flex	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	the wolf				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the kid		the roof		tree rules
3	flex	to-infinitive	the wolf not said here	fr		on kid	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fr=Patient

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