Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

The second Fox just said wait till you're skinny again, lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second Fox, you · What happens: say, wait, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fox	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 Fox	amod
3	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 skinny	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 skinny	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 skinny	cop
10	skinny	skinny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wait	advcl
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 skinny	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 again	punct
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 wait	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the second Fox			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	you	again	skinny property	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

Nah, you need to wait for the hunters to leave and then you'll be able to slip out no matter what

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wait	mark
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 hunters	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hunters	det
9	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wait	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 leave	mark
11	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wait	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 able	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 able	advmod
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 able	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 able	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 able	cop
17	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 need	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 slip	mark
19	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 able	xcomp
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 slip	compound:prt
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 matter	det
22	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 slip	obj
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 slip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	you				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			for the hunters	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	to-infinitive	you not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	future	you		then	able property	tree rules
5	slip out	to-infinitive	you not said here	no matter			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent matter=Destination what=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, when you're slim you'll squeeze out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 slim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 slim	punct
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 slim	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 slim	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slim	cop
6	slim	slim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 squeeze	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 squeeze	aux
9	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slim	ccomp
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 squeeze	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					slim property	tree rules
2	squeeze out	future	you						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, once you're thin you'll slip out easy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 thin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thin	punct
3	once	once	SCONJ	_	6 thin	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 thin	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thin	cop
6	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 slip	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 slip	aux
9	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thin	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 slip	compound:prt
11	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 slip	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	you					thin property	tree rules
2	slip out	future	you					easy property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Nah, you should eat a lot more first so the hole gets bigger and you can climb out of it easily

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 eat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 eat	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 eat	aux
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 first	advmod
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 eat	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 gets	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hole	det
12	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gets	nsubj
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eat	advcl
14	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 gets	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 climb	cc
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 climb	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 climb	aux
18	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 eat	conj
19	out	out	ADP	_	21 it	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 climb	obl
22	easily	easily	ADV	_	18 climb	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	eat	should	you	a lot		first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	get	present	the hole			big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	climb	can	you		hole	easily property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out it=Trajectory

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