Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d…
the cock who won the fight got grabbed by what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cock · What happens: win, grab · To what, where: fight, cock
This is test 9 · ★ 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 cock | det |
| 2 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grabbed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 won | nsubj |
| 4 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cock | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 won | obj |
| 7 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 grabbed | aux:pass |
| 8 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 what | case |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 grabbed | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 grabbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the cock | the fight | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | grab | past · passive | the cock | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer
an eagle, it was bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 eagle | det |
| 2 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bad | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 eagle | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bad | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bad | cop |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a eagle | bad property | tree rules |
Option 2
a hawk, it was sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hawk | det |
| 2 | hawk | hawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sad | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 hawk | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sad | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sad | cop |
| 6 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a hawk | sad property | tree rules |
Option 3
a big eagle, and it was honestly the worst thing ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 eagle | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eagle | amod |
| 3 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thing | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 thing | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 thing | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thing | cop |
| 8 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 11 thing | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 thing | amod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eagle | appos |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 thing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | eagle | the worst thing | ever | honestly property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
an eagle swooped down and carried him off, it was really bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 eagle | det |
| 2 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | swooped | swoop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 eagle | acl |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 swooped | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 swooped | cc |
| 6 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carried | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 carried | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bad | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 bad | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 bad | cop |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 bad | advmod |
| 13 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 carried | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swoop down | participle | a eagle not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | carry off | past | a eagle | him = he | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | eagle | bad property | tree rules |
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