Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

Why was the Camel in a strop, bro, did the Arab make him go up a hill?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camel · What happens: be, do, make, go up · To what, where: Camel, strop, hill

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Camel	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Camel	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Camel	det
4	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 did	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 strop	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 strop	det
7	strop	strop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Camel	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strop	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Camel	punct
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Arab	det
13	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 did	xcomp
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 Arab	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 make	obj
16	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 make	xcomp
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 go	compound:prt
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hill	det
19	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 go	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Camel	a strop and bro		tree rules
2	do	past	the Camel			arab property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	infinitive	the Camel not said here	Camel			tree rules
4	go up	infinitive	Camel not said here	a hill			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

He asked which way he'd like, with a bit of sass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 like	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 like	aux
7	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 way	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bit	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 bit	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 sass	case
13	sass	sass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	which way				with a bit of sass	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient
2	like	would	he	which way not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the Arab only asked him once which way he wanted to go and then let him rest for hours

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Arab	det
4	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 asked	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 asked	advmod
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asked	iobj
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 asked	advmod
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl:unmarked
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 way	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 let	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 let	advmod
17	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 go	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	obj
19	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 hours	case
21	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the Arab	which way	him = he		once property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	want	past	he	which way not said here				tree rules
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	which way not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	let	infinitive	which way not said here	him = he		then		tree rules
5	rest	infinitive	him = he not said here			hour		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, he wanted a rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rest	det
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a rest					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he asked which way he'd go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he	which way					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient
2	go	would	he	which way not said here					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

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