Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

the gnat's the real boss, though, lol

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: gnat · What happens: be · To what, where: real boss

This is test 12 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gnat	det
2	gnat	gnat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boss	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 boss	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boss	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boss	amod
6	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 though	punct
8	though	though	ADV	_	6 boss	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 though	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 boss	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the gnat	the real boss				though 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

nah, the lion's the real boss, he's the king of all the animals in the jungle, bruv

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 boss	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boss	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 boss	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boss	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boss	amod
8	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 king	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 king	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 king	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boss	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 animals	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 animals	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animals	det
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 king	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 jungle	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 jungle	det
20	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animals	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bruv	punct
22	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boss	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the lion	the real boss and bruv					tree rules
2	is a	present	lion	the king				of all animals in the jungle	tree rules

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

yeah, it's the thing that scared the elephant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 thing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 scared	nsubj
8	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 elephant	det
10	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the thing					tree rules
2	scare	past	the thing	the elephant					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus elephant=Experiencer

Option 3

yeah, the gnat is a big bully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 bully	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gnat	det
4	gnat	gnat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bully	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bully	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bully	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bully	amod
8	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the gnat	a big bully					tree rules

Option 4

nah, the elephant scared the gnat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 elephant	det
4	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	nsubj
5	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gnat	det
7	gnat	gnat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	past	the elephant	the gnat					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus gnat=Experiencer

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