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

At the end, they tied the Ass's legs and carried him, lol? Like, actually?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: tie, carry · To what, where: legs, end, him

This is test 14 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: At the end, they tied the Ass's legs and carried him, lol?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 end	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 end	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tied	nsubj
6	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ass	det
8	Ass	Ass	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 legs	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Ass	case
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tied	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 carried	cc
12	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tied	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 carried	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 carried	punct
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 tied	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 tied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	they	the Ass's legs			at the end		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	carry	past	they not said here	him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

Sentence 2: Like, actually?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 actually	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 actually	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, they had a cart and tied its legs to it and then pulled it all the way home to the farm

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cart	det
6	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tied	cc
8	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tied	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tied	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pulled	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 pulled	advmod
15	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 pulled	obj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 way	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obl
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 way	advmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 farm	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 farm	det
23	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	a cart					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Patient
2	tie	past	they not said here	cart's legs	cart				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient to it=Co-Patient
3	pull	past	they not said here	cart		the farm	then	all way obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to farm=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, they strapped it to the back of the mule and walked it all the way to the market in town

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 strapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 strapped	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 strapped	nsubj
4	strapped	strap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 strapped	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strapped	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 mule	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mule	det
11	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 back	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walked	cc
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 strapped	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 walked	obj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 way	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl:unmarked
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 market	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 market	det
20	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 walked	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 town	case
22	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 market	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strap	past	they	it				to the back of the mule result	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to back=Result
2	walk	past	they not said here	mule		the market in town		all way obl:unmarked	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme to market=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, on a pole across their shoulders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 pole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pole	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 pole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pole	det
5	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 shoulders	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoulders	nmod:poss
8	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pole	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yeah, on a stick across their backs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 stick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stick	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 stick	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 backs	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 backs	nmod:poss
8	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stick	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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