Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…
wot's the moral of this, then, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wot · What happens: be · To what, where: moral
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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 | wot | wot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moral | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 moral | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moral | det |
| 4 | moral | moral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 this | case |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 moral | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 bruv | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moral | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 moral | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | wot | the moral and bruv | of this | 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
you should always keep your promises and never break your word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 keep | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 keep | advmod |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 promises | nmod:poss |
| 6 | promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 break | cc |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 break | advmod |
| 9 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 keep | conj |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 word | nmod:poss |
| 11 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 break | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should | you | your promises | always property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | |||
| 2 | not break | infinitive | you not said here | your word | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient | ||||
| 3 | promise | your | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | word | your | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
revenge works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | compound |
| 2 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
people who do wrong get it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 do | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 do | obj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | present · do-support | people | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
don't steal from your neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 steal | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 steal | advmod |
| 3 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 neighbours | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 neighbours | nmod:poss |
| 6 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not steal | imperative · do-support | you not said here | your neighbours | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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