Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…
no cap the lion wasn't scary after three times yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: not be
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 scary | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 scary | advmod |
| 7 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 times | nummod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scary | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 times | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 scary | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | no cap | time | scary property | tree rules |
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
nah the fox saw the lion three times and still hid behind the rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 saw | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 saw | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hid | cc |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 hid | advmod |
| 11 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 12 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 14 rocks | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 rocks | det |
| 14 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the fox | the lion | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | hide | past | the fox not said here | the rocks | still | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah the fox got bold after meeting him three times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 meeting | mark |
| 7 | meeting | meet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 meeting | obj |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 times | nummod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the fox | time | bold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | meet | gerund | the fox not said here | fox | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
Option 3
yeah the lion got scared after three meetings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 meetings | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 meetings | nummod |
| 8 | meetings | meeting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the lion | after three meetings | scared property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
yeah the fox got bold after meeting him three times in the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 meeting | mark |
| 7 | meeting | meet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 meeting | obj |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 times | nummod |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 forest | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 forest | det |
| 13 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the fox | the forest | time | bold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||
| 2 | meet | gerund | the fox not said here | fox | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
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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