Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…
wait, the lion's sick and the fox skips the visit, is he dissed?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, fox · What happens: wait, skip, dis · To what, where: visit, fox
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sick | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sick | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 lion | case |
| 6 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 wait | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 skips | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fox | det |
| 9 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 skips | nsubj |
| 10 | skips | skip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 visit | det |
| 12 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 skips | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dissed | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dissed | aux:pass |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 dissed | nsubj |
| 16 | dissed | dis | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 skips | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | skip | present | the fox | the visit | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Agent | ||||
| 3 | dis | present · passive | fox | 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
The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble and ghosts him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tries | nsubj |
| 3 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drop | mark |
| 5 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tries | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drop | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 trouble | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trouble | det |
| 9 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drop | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ghosts | cc |
| 11 | ghosts | ghost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tries | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ghosts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | the wolf | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | drop not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | wolf | the trouble | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in trouble=Destination | |||
| 3 | ghost | present | the wolf not said here | wolf | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tries | nsubj |
| 3 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drop | mark |
| 5 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tries | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drop | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 trouble | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trouble | det |
| 9 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | the wolf | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | drop not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | wolf | the trouble | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in trouble=Destination |
Option 3
The wolf tries to drop him in the trouble with the other beasts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tries | nsubj |
| 3 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drop | mark |
| 5 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tries | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 drop | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 trouble | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trouble | det |
| 9 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drop | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 beasts | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 beasts | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beasts | amod |
| 13 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 trouble | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | the wolf | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | drop not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wolf not said here | wolf | the trouble with the other beasts | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in trouble=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The wolf gets him in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gets | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 trouble | case |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the wolf | him = he | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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