Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

yo did the ass actually go off the cliff, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, ass · What happens: do, go off · To what, where: ass, cliff

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ass	det
4	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ass	acl:relcl
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 cliff	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cliff	det
9	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nah	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 nah	cc
12	nah	nah	INTJ	_	2 did	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	the ass					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Eventuality
2	go off	present	the ass not said here	the cliff				actually property	tree rules

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

yeah, he went off the cliff and landed in the river below, lol

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 cliff	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cliff	det
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 landed	cc
9	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 landed	obl
13	below	below	ADV	_	9 landed	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	past	he	the cliff					tree rules
2	land	past	he not said here			the river		below property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in river=Destination

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

nah, he almost did, the owner grabbed his tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 did	nsubj
4	almost	almost	ADV	_	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 grabbed	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grabbed	nsubj
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tail	nmod:poss
11	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	he					almost property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grab	past	the owner	owner's tail					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Option 3

yeah, he fell right off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 off	advmod
6	off	off	ADV	_	4 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	he					off property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

nah, he stopped just short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 short	advmod
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	he					short property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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