Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

so the frogs laughed at the ass in the pond, why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frogs · What happens: laugh · To what, where: ass

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 395 «Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a poor carpenter smashes his idol and gets gold» 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 laughed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 frogs	det
3	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 ass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ass	det
7	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 laughed	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the frogs			the ass		in the pond	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in pond=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

he made a silly noise

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 noise	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 noise	amod
5	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	a silly noise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product

Option 2

he cried over a tiny tumble

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 tumble	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tumble	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tumble	amod
6	tumble	tumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he			a tiny tumble			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over tumble=Location

Option 3

he jumped in the pond and splashed about after he was mocked by the crows

The tree, 15 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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 pond	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pond	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 splashed	cc
7	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 splashed	advmod
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 mocked	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mocked	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mocked	aux:pass
12	mocked	mock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 splashed	advcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 crows	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 crows	det
15	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	jump	past	he		the pond		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Trajectory
2	splash about	past	he not said here			about property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mock	past · passive	the crows	he			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he made a fuss over a little fall

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fuss	det
4	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 fall	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fall	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fall	amod
8	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	a fuss		a little fall			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=Product

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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