Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

why did the doves kick him out, was it cuz he got lippy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doves, he · What happens: kick out, be, get · To what, where: him, it

This is test 2 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 kick	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kick	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 doves	det
4	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kick	nsubj
5	kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 got	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kick	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 kick	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 kick	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 it	cop
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kick	obl
11	cuz	cuz	SCONJ	_	13 got	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	lippy	lippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 got	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kick out	past · do-support	the doves	him = he		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is a	past		it		tree rules
3	get	past	he		lippy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

cuz he kept squawking when they tried to ignore him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	squawking	squawk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 tried	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tried	nsubj
7	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 squawking	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 ignore	mark
9	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tried	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	cuz		tree rules
2	squawk	gerund	cuz not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	try	past	they		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	ignore not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	cuz	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cuz he started chattering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 started	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 started	nsubj
3	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	chattering	chatter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 started	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past	cuz						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	chatter	gerund	cuz not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

cuz he was lippy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lippy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lippy	cop
4	lippy	lippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cuz	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	cuz not said here				lippy property	tree rules

Option 4

cuz he chattered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chattered	nsubj
3	chattered	chatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cuz	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chatter	past	he	cuz not said here					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cuz=Theme

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