Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Three Bulls, part 20: qui…
Bruv, what's the Lark mum's chill line when the farmer's only asking mates for help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv, farmer · What happens: be, ask · To what, where: chill line, mates
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 line | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 line | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 line | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mum | det |
| 6 | Lark | Lark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | compound |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 line | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 mum | case |
| 9 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 line | amod |
| 10 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bruv | appos |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 asking | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 farmer | det |
| 13 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 asking | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 asking | aux |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 16 asking | advmod |
| 16 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 line | acl |
| 17 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 asking | obj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 help | case |
| 19 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 asking | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Bruv | the Lark mum's chill line | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | the farmer | mates | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient |
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
Chill, he ain't gonna do nothing, it's just talk round here
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chill | chill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ai | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ai | nsubj |
| 4 | ai | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Vrnc Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Chill | conj |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 do | advmod |
| 6 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 do | dep |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ai | xcomp |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 talk | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 talk | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 talk | cop |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 talk | advmod |
| 13 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Chill | conj |
| 14 | round | round | ADV | _ | 13 talk | advmod |
| 15 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 talk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill | imperative | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not do | infinitive | you not said here | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is | present | it | here | round, talk property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ain't no rush, he's not serious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rush | nsubj |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 rush | advmod |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 rush | det |
| 4 | rush | rush | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rush | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 serious | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 serious | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 serious | advmod |
| 9 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rush | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Ai | no rush not said here | serious property | tree rules |
Option 3
Ain't no rush, he's not serious, he's just fooling about
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 serious | nsubj |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 rush | advmod |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 rush | det |
| 4 | rush | rush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ai | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ai | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 serious | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 serious | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 serious | advmod |
| 9 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fooling | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fooling | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fooling | aux |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 fooling | advmod |
| 14 | fooling | fool | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 serious | conj |
| 15 | about | about | ADV | _ | 14 fooling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Ai and no rush | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fool about | present · progressive | he | about property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Ain't bothered, he's joking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ai | ai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bothered | nsubj |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 bothered | advmod |
| 3 | bothered | bother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bothered | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 joking | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 joking | aux |
| 7 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 bothered | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bother | participle | Ai | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | joke speech: other | present · progressive | Ai | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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