Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

lowkey the dogs drinking the whole river is wild, right? how did that end?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lowkey dogs · What happens: drink, be, do · To what, where: whole river, end

This is test 3 · ★ 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	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dogs	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dogs	det
3	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wild	nsubj
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 dogs	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 river	amod
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drinking	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wild	cop
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wild	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	9 wild	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 wild	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 did	advmod
14	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wild	advcl
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 wild	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drink	gerund	the lowkey dogs not said here	the whole river		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
2	is	present	the lowkey dogs		wild property	tree rules
3	do	past	the lowkey dogs not said here	that end		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Eventuality

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 went home

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they dried up in the summer sun

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 dried	nsubj
2	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dried	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sun	compound
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry up	past	they			the summer sun			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they burst before reaching the hides

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 burst	nsubj
2	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	4 reaching	mark
4	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 burst	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hides	det
6	hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reaching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	present	they						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	reach	gerund	they not said here	the hides					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hide=Theme

Option 4

they got thirsty

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	they					thirsty property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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