Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

lol the flea bit the wrestler twice, so who did he call for help?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: flea · What happens: bite, call · To what, where: wrestler · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 bit	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flea	det
3	flea	flea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	nsubj
4	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrestler	det
6	wrestler	wrestler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 bit	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 call	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 call	advmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 call	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 call	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 call	nsubj
13	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bit	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 help	case
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 call	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	the flea	the wrestler				twice property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrestler=Patient
2	call	past · do-support						for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

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

Hercules, the strongest of all the heroes, who was sleeping nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 strongest	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 strongest	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strongest	det
4	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 heroes	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 heroes	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heroes	det
8	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 strongest	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sleeping	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 sleeping	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sleeping	aux
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 heroes	acl
13	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	12 sleeping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past · progressive	all heroes					nearby property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Hercules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Mercury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

the wrestler's mother, who lived in a cottage on the far side of the hill

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wrestler	det
2	wrestler	wrestler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 wrestler	case
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lived	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 lived	nsubj
7	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cottage	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cottage	det
10	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 hill	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hill	det
17	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the wrestler's mother			a cottage		on the far side of the hill	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=Location

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