Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…
lol the gnat beat the lion, then got eaten, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gnat · What happens: beat, eat · To what, where: lion
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 beat | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gnat | det |
| 3 | gnat | gnat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beat | nsubj |
| 4 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beat | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eaten | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 eaten | advmod |
| 9 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 eaten | aux:pass |
| 10 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 beat | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eaten | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 eaten | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | the gnat | the lion | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lion=Theme | ||||
| 2 | eat | past · passive | the gnat not said here | then | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |
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
yeah, by a spider in a cobweb
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 spider | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spider | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 spider | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spider | det |
| 5 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cobweb | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cobweb | det |
| 8 | cobweb | cobweb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spider | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he beat the lion again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 beat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 beat | nsubj |
| 4 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beat | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 beat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | he | the lion | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lion=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, by a big spider that had waited patiently in her cobweb for a meal
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 spider | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 spider | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 spider | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spider | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spider | amod |
| 6 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 waited | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 waited | aux |
| 9 | waited | wait | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 spider | acl:relcl |
| 10 | patiently | patiently | ADV | _ | 9 waited | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 cobweb | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cobweb | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cobweb | cobweb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waited | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 meal | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 meal | det |
| 16 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · perfect | a big spider | her cobweb | for a meal; patiently property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cobweb=Location |
Option 4
yeah, a spider caught him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 caught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spider | det |
| 4 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 caught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | a spider | him = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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