Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

was the mum monkey fair to both babies, innit?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum monkey · What happens: be, innit

This is test 4 · ★ 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monkey	compound
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fair	nsubj
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 babies	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 babies	det
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fair	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fair	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the mum monkey					to both babies; fair property	tree rules
2	innit	infinitive	the mum monkey not said here						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

no, she loved one more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 loved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 loved	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 more	nummod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	she	one more					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

no, she spoiled one and ignored the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 spoiled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spoiled	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spoiled	nsubj
4	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 spoiled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ignored	cc
7	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spoiled	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 other	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	past	she	one					tree rules
2	ignore	past	she not said here	the other					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme

Option 3

yes, she treated both babies the same, giving each equal hugs and milk every night

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 treated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 treated	nsubj
4	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 babies	det
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 treated	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 treated	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 giving	punct
10	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 treated	advcl
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 hugs	det
12	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hugs	amod
13	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 giving	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 milk	cc
15	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hugs	conj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 giving	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	she	both babies					tree rules
2	give	gerund	she not said here	each equal hugs and milk			night		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hug=Theme

Option 4

no, she smothered the favourite with hugs and ignored the other one completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 smothered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 smothered	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 smothered	nsubj
4	smothered	smother	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 favourite	det
6	favourite	favourite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smothered	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 hugs	case
8	hugs	hug	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 favourite	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ignored	cc
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 smothered	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ignored	obj
14	completely	completely	ADV	_	10 ignored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smother	past	she	the favourite				with hugs	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent favourite=Destination with hug=Theme
2	ignore	past	she not said here	the other one				completely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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