Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…
did the fox and the eagle make a deal or have a fight at the start?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eagle · What happens: do, make, have · To what, where: fox, deal, fight, start
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fox | det |
| 3 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 make | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eagle | det |
| 6 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | nsubj |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 did | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 deal | det |
| 9 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 have | cc |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 make | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fight | det |
| 13 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 start | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 start | det |
| 16 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the fox | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the eagle | a deal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Product | ||||
| 3 | have | infinitive | the eagle not said here | a fight | the start | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient |
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
they had a big fight first but then they made peace and agreed to share the land
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fight | amod |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 had | advmod |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 made | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 made | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 11 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 agreed | cc |
| 13 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 share | mark |
| 15 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 agreed | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 land | det |
| 17 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | they | a big fight | first property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | past | they | peace | then | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | |||
| 3 | agree speech: agree | past | they not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | the land | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
they agreed to live near each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 agreed | xcomp |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 each | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 live | obl |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | they | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | each | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near each=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
they made a deal to live close together so they could help each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 deal | det |
| 4 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 live | mark |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 deal | acl |
| 7 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 live | advmod |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 live | advmod |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 help | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 help | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 help | aux |
| 12 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | advcl |
| 13 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 12 help | obj |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | they | a deal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset deal=Product | ||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | they not said here | a deal not said here | close, together property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | help | could | they | each | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary |
Option 4
they agreed to be neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 neighbours | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 neighbours | cop |
| 5 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 agreed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | they | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | neighbours | tree rules |
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