Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

Wait, so why'd the Ant sting the birdcatcher, was it, like, on purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ant sting · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: sting

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 it	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	13 it	advmod
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 it	advmod
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	13 it	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sting	det
7	Ant	ant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sting	amod
8	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 it	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birdcatcher	det
10	birdcatcher	birdcatcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sting	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sting	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 purpose	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 purpose	case
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 purpose	punct
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 purpose	case
18	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					like purpose	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	the Ant sting	sting					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

Yeah, it had been watching the Birdcatcher all morning and wanted to warn the Dove before it was too late

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 watching	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 watching	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 watching	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 watching	aux
6	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Birdcatcher	det
8	Birdcatcher	Birdcatcher	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 watching	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 morning	det
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 watching	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 watching	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 warn	mark
14	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Dove	det
16	Dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 warn	obj
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	21 late	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 late	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 late	cop
20	too	too	ADV	_	21 late	advmod
21	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 warn	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past · perfect · progressive	it	the Birdcatcher	morning		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birdcatcher=Theme
2	want	past					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	warn speech: warn not said to happen	to-infinitive		the Dove			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dove=Recipient
4	is	past	Dove			late property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it saw him setting up to nab the Dove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	obj
6	setting	set	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 saw	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 setting	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 nab	mark
9	nab	nab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 setting	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Dove	det
11	Dove	Dove	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 nab	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past	it	him = he	tree rules
2	set up	gerund	him = he not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	nab	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the Dove	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Patient

Option 3

Nah, it was just bitten by chance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 bitten	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bitten	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bitten	aux:pass
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 bitten	advmod
6	bitten	bite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 chance	case
8	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bitten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past · passive	chance	it					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, it spotted him creeping along the branch with his net and decided to stop him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 spotted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spotted	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spotted	nsubj
4	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spotted	obj
6	creeping	creep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 spotted	advcl
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 branch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 branch	det
9	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creeping	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 net	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 net	nmod:poss
12	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 creeping	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 decided	cc
14	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spotted	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 stop	mark
16	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 decided	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	spot	past	it		him = he			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination
2	creep	gerund				the branch	with his net	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along branch=Trajectory
3	decide	past						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive		him = he				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality

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