Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

the north wind tried so hard and still got owned, why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: north wind · What happens: try, own

This is test 6 · ★ 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	3 wind	det
2	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	compound
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 hard	advmod
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 tried	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 owned	cc
8	still	still	ADV	_	10 owned	advmod
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 owned	aux:pass
10	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tried	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 owned	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the north wind					hard property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	own	past · passive	the north wind not said here				still		vn own-100.1 «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

The traveler hid under a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 traveler	det
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the traveler			a tree			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The traveler just wrapped his cloak tighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 traveler	det
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrapped	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 wrapped	advmod
4	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cloak	nmod:poss
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrapped	obj
7	tighter	tight	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 wrapped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past	the traveler	traveler's cloak				tight property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 3

The traveler ran away fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 traveler	det
2	traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	the traveler					away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The sun was too hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hot	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hot	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 hot	advmod
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the sun					hot property	tree rules

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