Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

Yo, how'd the Swan get out of getting cooked?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Swan · What happens: get out, cook

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Swan	det
6	Swan	Swan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 cooked	mark
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 cooked	mark
10	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 cooked	aux:pass
11	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 get	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out	infinitive	the Swan						vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cook	gerund · passive	the Swan not said here						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»

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

He started crowing loudly and told the cook that he was actually the Master's favorite bird

The tree, 17 words

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 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	crowing	crow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 started	xcomp
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 crowing	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 told	cc
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 started	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 bird	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bird	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 bird	cop
12	actually	actually	ADV	_	17 bird	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Master	det
14	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 bird	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Master	case
16	favorite	favorite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bird	amod
17	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	start	past	He				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	crow	gerund	He not said here			loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		the cook		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cook=Recipient
4	is a	past	he	the Master's favorite bird		actually property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He started singing and the cook knew him

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 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 started	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 knew	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knew	nsubj
7	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 started	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	start	past	He		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	gerund	He not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	past	the cook	him = he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3

He pecked at the cook's hand until the cook let go of him and ran off to find the Master

The tree, 21 words

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 pecked	nsubj
2	pecked	peck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 hand	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cook	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hand	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cook	case
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pecked	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 let	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cook	det
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	nsubj
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pecked	advcl
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 go	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ran	cc
16	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pecked	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 ran	compound:prt
18	to	to	PART	_	19 find	mark
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 ran	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Master	det
21	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	peck	past	He		at the cook's hand	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at hand=Patient
2	let	past	the cook			tree rules
3	go	infinitive	the cook not said here		of cook	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of he=Initial_Location
4	run off	past	He not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Master		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic

Option 4

He sang and the cook recognized him

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 recognized	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cook	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognized	nsubj
6	recognized	recognize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 recognized	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	He						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	recognize	past	the cook	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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