Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

bruv the monkey lied about his granddads right? what did the fox say back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, fox · What happens: lie, say back

This is test 3 · ★ 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lied	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monkey	det
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lied	nsubj
4	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 granddads	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 granddads	nmod:poss
7	granddads	granddad	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lied	obl
8	right	right	ADV	_	4 lied	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lied	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fox	det
13	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lied	parataxis
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 say	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	bruv					about monkey's granddads; right property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about granddad=Location
2	say back speech: assert	past · do-support	the fox						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 fox said it was a big lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lie	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lie	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lie	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lie	amod
8	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the fox						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	fox	a big lie					tree rules

Option 2

the fox called him a liar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liar	det
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the fox		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

the fox said he picked a topic nobody could check, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 picked	nsubj
5	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 topic	det
7	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picked	obj
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 check	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 check	aux
10	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 topic	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 picked	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the fox		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pick	past	fox	a topic	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent topic=Patient
3	check	could	nobody	a topic not said here	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent topic=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the monkey picked a great lie topic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monkey	det
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	nsubj
3	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 topic	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 topic	amod
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 topic	compound
7	topic	topic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	the monkey	a great lie topic					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent topic=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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