Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter: a…

the peacock was dissing the crane about its colour, wasn't it? what did the crane say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peacock · What happens: dis, not be · To what, where: crane

This is test 7 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peacock	det
2	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dissing	aux
4	dissing	dis	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crane	det
6	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dissing	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 colour	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 colour	nmod:poss
9	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crane	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dissing	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 say	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 say	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	nsubj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 say	obj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crane	det
18	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 say	nsubj
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dissing	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dissing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dis	past · progressive	the peacock	the crane				about peacock's colour	tree rules
2	not is	past · do-support	peacock					say property	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 · ✓ the right answer

it could fly to heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fly	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fly	aux
3	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 heaven	case
5	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	could	it					to heaven result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to heaven=Result

Option 2

it could soar to the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 soar	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 soar	aux
3	soar	soar	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sky	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soar	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soar	could	it			the sky			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to sky=Trajectory

Option 3

it could fly up to heaven and sing to the stars at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fly	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fly	aux
3	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 fly	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 heaven	case
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sing	cc
8	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heaven	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 stars	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stars	det
11	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fly	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly up	could	it				night	to heaven and sing result; to the stars	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to heaven=Result

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

it was the same colour as the peacock's tail and it did not care

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 colour	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 colour	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 colour	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 colour	amod
5	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 tail	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peacock	det
8	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tail	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 peacock	case
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 colour	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 care	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 care	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 care	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 care	advmod
15	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 colour	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the same colour				as the peacock's tail	tree rules
2	not care	past · do-support	tail						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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