Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

bruh, why did the camel even try to dance after the monkey killed it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: try, dance, kill · To what, where: camel

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	8 try	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 try	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 try	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 camel	det
6	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 try	advmod
8	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 dance	mark
10	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 try	xcomp
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 killed	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 monkey	det
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 killed	nsubj
14	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dance	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 killed	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	past · do-support			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dance not said to happen	to-infinitive			tree rules
3	kill	past	the monkey	camel	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

he wanted the monkey's praise

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 praise	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 monkey	case
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the monkey's praise					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot praise=Theme
2	praise		the monkey						nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

cause he was jealous of the monkey and wanted the Beasts to praise him too after the feast

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jealous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 monkey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Beasts	det
11	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 wanted	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 praise	mark
13	praise	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wanted	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 praise	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	13 praise	advmod
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 feast	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 feast	det
18	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 praise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cause			of the monkey; jealous property	tree rules
2	want	past	cause not said here	the Beasts			tree rules
3	praise not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Beasts not said here	monkey	after the feast		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

he envied the monkey's crowd

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 envied	nsubj
2	envied	envy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monkey	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowd	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 monkey	case
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 envied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	envy	past	he	the monkey's crowd					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crowd=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cause he was jealous of the monkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jealous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 monkey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cause					of the monkey; jealous property	tree rules

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