Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

ngl the fox teamed up with the lion then ditched him, what happened to the fox?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: team up, ditch, happen · To what, where: fox

This is test 12 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teamed	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teamed	nsubj
4	teamed	team	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 teamed	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teamed	obl
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 ditched	advmod
10	ditched	ditch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 teamed	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ditched	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happened	punct
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 happened	nsubj
14	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ditched	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 fox	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fox	det
17	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 happened	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 teamed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	team up	past	ngl			with the lion	vn conspire-71 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with lion=Co-Agent
2	ditch	past	ngl not said here	fox	then		tree rules
3	happen	past				to the fox	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

he was caught by huntsmen and hounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 huntsmen	case
5	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hounds	cc
7	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 huntsmen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	huntsmen and hounds	he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

he was eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 eaten	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux:pass
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive		he					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

he fled home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 fled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	he					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

he was shot by the lion's keeper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shot	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shot	aux:pass
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 keeper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeper	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 lion	case
8	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past · passive	the lion's keeper	he					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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