Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

Bruv, why'd the Bull peace out without saying nothing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: say · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 399 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: quick fables of tricks, greed and getting your comeuppance» 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 why	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 peace	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 peace	det
6	Bull	Bull	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 peace	compound
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 why	vocative
8	out	out	ADP	_	3 why	compound:prt
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 saying	mark
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 why	advcl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 saying	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=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

He saw the hunter

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hunter	det
4	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	the hunter					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunter=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He clocked the trap

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 clocked	nsubj
2	clocked	clock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trap	det
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clocked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clock	past	He	the trap					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme trap=Value

Option 3

He was scared

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	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					scared property	tree rules

Option 4

He clocked the trap set by the Lion in the cave

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 clocked	nsubj
2	clocked	clock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trap	det
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clocked	obj
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Lion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lion	det
8	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cave	det
11	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clock	past	He	the trap					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme trap=Value
2	set	participle		the trap not said here		the cave		by the Lion	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by lion=Destination

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