Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

ok so the old mouse saw the fox's flour trick, did he fall for it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old mouse, mouse, fox · What happens: see, fall, trick · To what, where: flour trick

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	6 saw	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 saw	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mouse	amod
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fox	det
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fox	case
10	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	compound
11	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saw	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fall	punct
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fall	aux
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fall	nsubj
15	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 saw	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fall	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	the old mouse	the fox's flour trick		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trick=Stimulus
2	fall	past · do-support	mouse		for trick	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme
3	trick		the fox			nom trick «act transitive»: poss=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

nah he fled the fox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 fled	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	obj

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

Option 2

nah he watched from far away and saw the fox was faking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 watched	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 watched	nsubj
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 faking	advcl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 away	case
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 watched	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saw	cc
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 watched	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fox	det
10	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 faking	aux
12	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	watch	past	he		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	he not said here	the fox	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fox=Stimulus
3	fake	past · progressive			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

yep he fell for the flour trick and ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	3 fell	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 trick	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trick	det
6	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	compound
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fell	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	he					for the flour trick	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for trick=Theme
2	run off	past	he not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nah he saw right through it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 saw	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	right	right	ADV	_	3 saw	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he			it		right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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