Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

Why'd the Fisherman say no to the Fish, mate, was he being mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fisherman · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Fish · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	5 say	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fisherman	det
4	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mean	advcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 Fish	det
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Fish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Fish	det
9	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Fish	vocative
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 mean	cop
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mean	nsubj
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 mean	cop
16	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	the Fisherman	no Fish					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fish=Topic
2	is	past	Fisherman					mean 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

He figured a small fish now was worth more than a promise of a huge one that might never show up

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 figured	nsubj
2	figured	figure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fish	amod
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 figured	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 worth	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 worth	cop
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fish	amod
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	12 promise	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 more	fixed
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 promise	det
12	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worth	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 promise	nmod
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 show	nsubj
18	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 show	aux
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 show	advmod
20	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 one	acl:relcl
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 show	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	figure	past	He	a small fish			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
2	is	past			now	a promise of a huge one obl; worth property	tree rules
3	not show up	might	a huge one				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	promise			a huge one			nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He'd rather have a sure catch than a maybe

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	4 have	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	rather	rather	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 catch	det
6	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 catch	amod
7	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 a	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 catch	nmod
10	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	4 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	He	a sure catch				than a; maybe property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catch=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He thought the Fish was lying to him and wanted to cook it at home before the market closed

The tree, 19 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fish	det
4	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lying	aux
6	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 cook	mark
12	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cook	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cook	obl
16	before	before	ADP	_	18 market	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 market	det
18	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cook	obl
19	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 market	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	past · progressive	the Fish		him = he			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	He not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	Fish		home	before the market	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	close	participle		the market not said here				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He'd take the certain one, not the maybe

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	3 take	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 the	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 the	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 take	obl
10	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	3 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	He	the certain one				the obl; maybe property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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