Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…

fam the wife got hated by the farm lot, what did her hubby say after?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: farm lot, hubby · What happens: hate, say · To what, where: fam, farm lot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hated	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wife	det
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 fam	nmod:unmarked
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hated	aux:pass
5	hated	hate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 lot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lot	det
8	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lot	compound
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hated	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 say	obj
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hubby	nmod:poss
14	hubby	hubby	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 lot	acl:relcl
16	after	after	ADP	_	15 say	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past · passive	the farm lot	fam the wife					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	wife's hubby	the farm lot					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme after=Manner

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

he said the whole village was cruel to her at her father's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 village	amod
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cruel	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cruel	cop
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cruel	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 father	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
13	's	's	PART	_	12 father	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the whole village		her = she			cruel property	tree rules

Option 2

he said the farm folk were rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 folk	det
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 folk	compound
5	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

if they hated her, the house must have too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	if	if	SCONJ	_	3 hated	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hated	nsubj
3	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 have	advcl
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hated	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hated	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	too	too	ADV	_	9 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate a condition, not said to happen	past	they	her = she					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	have	must	the house						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he said the house must be wicked too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wicked	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wicked	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 wicked	cop
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 wicked	advmod

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

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