Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…

So the Fox got stuck cos he ate too much, was it, like, sus?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fox · What happens: get, eat, be · To what, where: stuck cos, much, cos

This is test 9 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fox	det
3	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cos	amod
6	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ate	nsubj
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cos	acl:relcl
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ate	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 it	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sus	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 sus	case
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 like	punct
17	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Fox	stuck cos	like sus	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus
2	eat	past	Fox	much		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient
3	is a	past		cos		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

Nah, he was just really hungry and wandering around the forest looking for more food to eat

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 hungry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hungry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hungry	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 hungry	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 hungry	advmod
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wandering	cc
9	wandering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hungry	advcl
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wandering	obl
13	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 wandering	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 food	case
15	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 food	amod
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 looking	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 eat	mark
18	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 looking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		hungry property	tree rules
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	he not said here	the forest		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	look	gerund	he not said here		for more food	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=Theme
4	eat	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he crammed into a hollow tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 crammed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 crammed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crammed	nsubj
4	crammed	cram	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tree	amod
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crammed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cram	past	he			a hollow tree			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into tree=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he stuffed himself in a hollow oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stuffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stuffed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stuffed	nsubj
4	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 stuffed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 oak	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oak	det
8	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oak	amod
9	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuffed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	past	he	himself = he		a hollow oak			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in oak=Destination

Option 4

Yeah, he was trapped for days and only got out when the woodcutter came and chopped the oak down

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 trapped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 trapped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trapped	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trapped	aux:pass
5	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trapped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 trapped	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 got	compound:prt
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 came	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woodcutter	det
14	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 got	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 chopped	cc
17	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trapped	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 oak	det
19	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chopped	obj
20	down	down	ADP	_	17 chopped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	trap	past · passive		he	day	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	get out	participle				vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come	past	the woodcutter			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	chop down	past		the oak		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oak=Patient

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