Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…

the thief fake howled like a wolf, lol, but who was the mug?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: howl, be · To what, where: thief, mug

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» 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 thief	det
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 howled	nsubj:pass
3	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 howled	amod
4	howled	howl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 wolf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 howled	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lol	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 howled	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mug	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 mug	cc
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 mug	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mug	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mug	det
15	mug	mug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 howled	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 howled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	participle · passive		the thief				like a wolf	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	is a	past		the mug					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 · ← Mova's choice

the innkeeper, who ran off into the night with his fear of the wolf

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 innkeeper	det
2	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ran	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 fear	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 fear	nmod:poss
12	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 wolf	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wolf	det
15	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the innkeeper				night	with innkeeper's fear of the wolf	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with fear=Material
2	fear		innkeeper	the wolf					nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the innkeeper, he ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 innkeeper	det
2	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ran	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 innkeeper	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ran	nsubj
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the innkeeper						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

the thief's friend, he fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thief	det
2	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friend	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 thief	case
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fled	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 friend	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fled	nsubj
7	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the thief's friend						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

the tavern keeper's wife, who was standing right behind the door when the howl began

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 keeper	det
2	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeper	compound
3	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wife	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 keeper	case
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 standing	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 standing	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 standing	aux
9	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 wife	acl:relcl
10	right	right	ADV	_	13 door	advmod
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 door	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 standing	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 began	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 howl	det
16	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 began	nsubj
17	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 standing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	the tavern keeper's wife			the door			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location
2	begin	past	the howl						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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