Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

wait, the second soldier said he would "at" the robber, but what did he really do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, second soldier, soldier · What happens: wait, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soldier	det
4	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 soldier	amod
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 would	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 robber	punct
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 robber	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 robber	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 robber	det
13	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 would	dep
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 do	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 do	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 do	obj
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 do	aux
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 do	nsubj
19	really	really	ADV	_	20 do	advmod
20	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the second soldier	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	do	past · do-support	soldier	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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

he shot arrows

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 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	he	arrows					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

Option 2

he ran away and hid in the nearby wood until the robber had gone

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hid	cc
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
8	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wood	amod
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 gone	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 robber	det
12	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gone	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 gone	aux
14	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 hid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	run away	past	he		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide	past	he not said here	the nearby wood		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location
3	go	past · perfect	the robber			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he ran away

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	he					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

he threw stones

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	stones					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme

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