Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs…
Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right? What did the cook do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dog · What happens: think, eat, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 394 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Mice, part 15: a Cat hangs from a peg, pretends to be dead, and fails to lure the Mice out» 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: Dog at the posh dinner thought he'd eat like a beast, right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 dinner | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dinner | det |
| 4 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dinner | amod |
| 5 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dog | nmod |
| 6 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 eat | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 eat | aux |
| 9 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 beast | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 beast | det |
| 12 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eat | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 eat | punct |
| 14 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 9 eat | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Dog at the posh dinner | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat | would | Dog | like a beast | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What did the cook do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cook | det |
| 4 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
chucked him out the window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 chucked | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 chucked | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 chucked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck out | past | the window | him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=Theme |
Option 2
locked him in the cellar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 locked | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cellar | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cellar | det |
| 5 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 locked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | him = he | the cellar | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
sent him off the roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 sent | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 roof | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 roof | det |
| 5 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | him = he | the roof | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme off roof=Initial_Location |
Option 4
chucked him out the window and into the mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 chucked | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 chucked | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 chucked | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 mud | cc |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 mud | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mud | det |
| 9 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 window | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck out | past | the window and the mud | him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=Theme |
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