Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…
what did the neighbour roast him with?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbour · What happens: do, roast · To what, where: him
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 neighbour | det |
| 4 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 roast | nsubj |
| 5 | roast | roast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 roast | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 roast | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | roast | infinitive | the neighbour | him = he | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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 right answer
why didn't you see your own?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 see | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 own | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · do-support | you | your own | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer own=Stimulus |
Option 2
how come you missed yours?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 come | advmod |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | ccomp |
| 5 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 missed | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | miss | past | you | yours | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer your=Stimulus |
Option 3
why didn't you see your own house getting robbed, you wizard, when you read everyone else's?
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 see | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 house | amod |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 9 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 see | advcl |
| 10 | robbed | rob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 getting | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wizard | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 wizard | nsubj |
| 13 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 getting | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 read | punct |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 read | mark |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 read | nsubj |
| 17 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 getting | conj |
| 18 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 read | obj |
| 19 | else | else | ADV | _ | 18 everyone | advmod |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 everyone | case |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · do-support | you | your own house | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | rob | participle | you not said here | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | wizard | you | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | read | present | you | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Topic |
Option 4
didn't you foresee your own trouble, mate, when you're so good at telling everyone else's fortune all day?
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 foresee | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 foresee | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 foresee | nsubj |
| 4 | foresee | foresee | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trouble | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trouble | amod |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 foresee | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trouble | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 good | punct |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 good | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 good | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 good | cop |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 good | advmod |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trouble | parataxis |
| 16 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 17 telling | mark |
| 17 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 good | advcl |
| 18 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 21 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 19 | else | else | ADV | _ | 18 everyone | advmod |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 everyone | case |
| 21 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 telling | obj |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 day | det |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 telling | obl:unmarked |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 foresee | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not foresee | past · do-support | you | your own trouble and mate | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | everyone's fortune | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortune=Recipient | |||
| 4 | trouble | your | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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