Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…
the trumpeter had no weapons and still got snatched, why tho?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: trumpeter · What happens: have, snatch · To what, where: weapons
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trumpeter | det |
| 2 | trumpeter | trumpeter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 weapons | det |
| 5 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 snatched | cc |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 snatched | advmod |
| 8 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 snatched | aux:pass |
| 9 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 had | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 why | punct |
| 11 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 snatched | advmod |
| 12 | tho | tho | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 why | nsubj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the trumpeter | no weapons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | snatch | past · passive | the trumpeter not said here | still | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |
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 · ✓ the right answer
His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 trumpet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | else | else | ADV | _ | 4 everyone | advmod |
| 6 | fired | fire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 everyone | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 fired | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fight | mark |
| 9 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fired | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His trumpet | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fire up | participle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | fight | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight the captors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 trumpet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | else | else | ADV | _ | 4 everyone | advmod |
| 6 | fired | fire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 got | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 fired | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fight | mark |
| 9 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 captors | det |
| 11 | captors | captor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His trumpet | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fire up | participle | everyone not said here | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fight | to-infinitive | His trumpet not said here | the captors | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captor=Co-Agent |
Option 3
His horn scared the captors away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 horn | nmod:poss |
| 2 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 captors | det |
| 5 | captors | captor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 scared | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 scared | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare away | past | His horn | the captors | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus captor=Experiencer |
Option 4
His trumpet got everyone else fired up to fight, so they feared him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 trumpet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | else | else | ADV | _ | 4 everyone | advmod |
| 6 | fired | fire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 everyone | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 fired | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fight | mark |
| 9 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fired | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 feared | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 feared | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 feared | nsubj |
| 13 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 feared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His trumpet | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fire up | participle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | fight | to-infinitive | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | fear | past | they | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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