Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…
the bat switched sides every time, is that why he got banned?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bat · What happens: switch, be · To what, where: sides, bat
This is test 12 · ★ 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 bat | det |
| 2 | bat | bat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 switched | nsubj |
| 3 | switched | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 switched | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 switched | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 banned | punct |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 banned | cop |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 banned | mark |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 banned | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 banned | aux:pass |
| 13 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 switched | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 switched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch | past | the bat | sides | time | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | present · passive | bat | ban 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
Yep, both sides hated him fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 hated | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sides | det |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hated | nsubj |
| 5 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hated | obj |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 hated | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past | both sides | him = he | fast property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sides | det |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 traitor | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 traitor | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 traitor | det |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 traitor | amod |
| 10 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | both sides | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a sneaky traitor | tree rules |
Option 3
Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor and kicked him out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sides | det |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 traitor | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 traitor | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 traitor | det |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 traitor | amod |
| 10 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 kicked | cc |
| 12 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 kicked | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 kicked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | both sides | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a sneaky traitor | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | kick out | past | both sides not said here | him = he | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 4
Yep, both sides saw he was a sneaky traitor who never fought
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 saw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sides | det |
| 4 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 traitor | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 traitor | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 traitor | det |
| 9 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 traitor | amod |
| 10 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 fought | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 fought | advmod |
| 13 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 traitor | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | both sides | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | he | a sneaky traitor | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not fight | past | a sneaky traitor | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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