Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…
and the gully frog just said no, mad stubborn?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gully frog · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 frog | det |
| 3 | gully | gully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 frog | compound |
| 4 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 said | advmod |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 mad | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 9 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stubborn | amod |
| 10 | stubborn | stubborn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the gully frog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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
yeah, it's really hard to leave the place you know so well, even if the pond is nicer
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 hard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hard | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hard | cop |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 hard | advmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 leave | mark |
| 8 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hard | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 place | det |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leave | obj |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 place | acl:relcl |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 well | advmod |
| 14 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 know | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 nicer | punct |
| 16 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 nicer | advmod |
| 17 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 21 nicer | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 pond | det |
| 19 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 nicer | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 nicer | cop |
| 21 | nicer | nice | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 hard | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | the place | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know | present | you | the place not said here | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the pond | nice property | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah, leaving's a pain for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 leaving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 leaving | punct |
| 3 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 pain | csubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pain | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pain | det |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 pain | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | leaving | a pain | for you | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, I'm staying here in this gully and I'm not moving anywhere near the pond, no matter what you say
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 staying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 staying | nsubj |
| 4 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 staying | aux |
| 5 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 staying | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 gully | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 gully | det |
| 9 | gully | gully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 staying | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 moving | cc |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 moving | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 moving | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 moving | advmod |
| 14 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 staying | conj |
| 15 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 moving | advmod |
| 16 | near | near | ADP | _ | 18 pond | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pond | det |
| 18 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 moving | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 matter | punct |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 matter | det |
| 21 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 staying | obl |
| 22 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 say | obj |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 say | nsubj |
| 24 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 matter | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present · progressive | I | no matter | this gully; here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gully=Location | |||
| 2 | not move | present · progressive | I | the pond | anywhere property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme near pond=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | you | no matter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, it's hard to leave your spot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hard | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | cop |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | csubj |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 spot | nmod:poss |
| 9 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | your spot | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme |
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