Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

The little Fish begged the Fisherman to chuck him back, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little Fish · What happens: beg, chuck back · To what, where: Fisherman, Fish

This is test 6 · ★ 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 Fish	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Fish	amod
3	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fisherman	det
6	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 chuck	mark
8	chuck	chuck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 begged	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chuck	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 chuck	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 yeah	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the little Fish		the Fisherman				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fisherman=Recipient
2	chuck back	to-infinitive	the little Fish not said here	Fish					vn throw-17.1-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he said he'd come back later if the Fisherman let him go, and he'd be bigger then

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 come	advmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 let	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fisherman	det
12	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 let	nsubj
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bigger	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 bigger	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 bigger	nsubj
19	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 bigger	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 bigger	cop
21	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 said	nsubj
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 bigger	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come back	would	he			late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	the Fisherman	him = he			tree rules
4	go	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	would	Fisherman		then	big property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, he asked for a kiss

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	for	for	ADP	_	7 kiss	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kiss	det
7	kiss	kiss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he					for a kiss	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he said he'd grow big for the rich

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grow	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grow	aux
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grow	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 rich	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rich	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	would	he					for the rich; big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he just wanted food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

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

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