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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?

nsubjcasedetamodnmodnsubjauxccompcasedetoblpunctdiscoursepunctrootDogNOUNatADPtheDETposhADJdinnerNOUNthoughtVERBhePRON'dAUXeatVERBlikeADPaDETbeastNOUN,PUNCTrightINTJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DogdogNOUNNumber=Sing6 thoughtnsubj
2atatADP_5 dinnercase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 dinnerdet
4poshposhADJDegree=Pos5 dinneramod
5dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Dognmod
6thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 eatnsubj
8'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 eataux
9eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf6 thoughtccomp
10likelikeADP_12 beastcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 beastdet
12beastbeastNOUNNumber=Sing9 eatobl
13,,PUNCT_9 eatpunct
14rightrightINTJ_9 eatdiscourse
15??PUNCT_6 thoughtpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastDog at the posh dinnervn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2eatwouldDoglike a beastvn 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?

objauxdetobjpunctrootWhatPRONdidAUXtheDETcookNOUNdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 doobj
2diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 doaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 cookdet
4cookcookNOUNNumber=Sing2 didobj
5dodoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · do-supportvn 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

objcompound:prtdetobjrootchuckedVERBhimPRONoutADPtheDETwindowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1chuckedchuckVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 chuckedobj
3outoutADP_1 chuckedcompound:prt
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 windowdet
5windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing1 chuckedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chuck outpastthe windowhim = hevn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=Theme

Option 2

locked him in the cellar

objcasedetoblrootlockedVERBhimPRONinADPtheDETcellarNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1lockedlockVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 lockedobj
3ininADP_5 cellarcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 cellardet
5cellarcellarNOUNNumber=Sing1 lockedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lockpasthim = hethe cellarvn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

sent him off the roof

objcasedetoblrootsentVERBhimPRONoffADPtheDETroofNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1sentsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 sentobj
3offoffADP_5 roofcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 roofdet
5roofroofNOUNNumber=Sing1 sentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sendpasthim = hethe roofvn 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

objcompound:prtdetobjcccasedetconjrootchuckedVERBhimPRONoutADPtheDETwindowNOUNandCCONJintoADPtheDETmudNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1chuckedchuckVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 chuckedobj
3outoutADP_1 chuckedcompound:prt
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 windowdet
5windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing1 chuckedobj
6andandCCONJ_9 mudcc
7intointoADP_9 mudcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 muddet
9mudmudNOUNNumber=Sing5 windowconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chuck outpastthe window and the mudhim = hevn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination window=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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