Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a b…

ngl, what did the ass do to the lion?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ass · What happens: do

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 392 «Aesop's Fables, The Old Hound: a hound too old to hold a boar gets scolded by his master» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ass	det
6	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 lion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the ass					to the lion; ngl vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

stomped on his face with all four hooves at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stomped	stomp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 stomped	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 hooves	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hooves	det
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hooves	nummod
8	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 face	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 stomped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stomp	participle				his face with all four hooves			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at once=Patient

Option 2

kicked him with hind hooves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 kicked	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 hooves	case
4	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hooves	amod
5	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past		him = he				with hind hooves	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hoove=Instrument

Option 3

kicked his forehead hard with both heels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 forehead	nmod:poss
3	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kicked	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 kicked	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 heels	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 heels	det
7	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past		his forehead				with both heels; hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent forehead=Patient with heel=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

kicked his forehead with heels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 forehead	nmod:poss
3	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kicked	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 heels	case
5	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past		his forehead				with heels	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent forehead=Patient with heel=Instrument

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