Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…

Ngl, what got the Fowler done?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl, Fowler · What happens: get, do · To what, where: Fowler

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fowler	det
6	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 got	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Ngl	the Fowler					tree rules
2	do	participle	the Fowler not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Stepping on a sleepy Viper that bit him in the foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stepping	step	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 Viper	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Viper	det
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Viper	amod
5	Viper	viper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stepping	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 bit	nsubj
7	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Viper	acl:relcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bit	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 foot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 foot	det
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	gerund						on a sleepy Viper	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on viper=Trajectory
2	bite	past	a sleepy Viper	Viper		the foot			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in foot=Location

Option 2

Walking too close to a sleepy Viper on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	too	too	ADV	_	3 close	advmod
3	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Walking	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 Viper	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Viper	det
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Viper	amod
7	Viper	viper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 close	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund		close		the ground			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent close=Theme on ground=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stepping on a sleepy Viper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stepping	step	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 Viper	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Viper	det
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Viper	amod
5	Viper	viper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stepping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	gerund						on a sleepy Viper	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on viper=Trajectory

Option 4

Stumbling on a rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stumbling	stumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 rock	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rock	det
4	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stumbling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stumble	gerund				a rock			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Trajectory

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