Test 2 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

bro why did the thrush just keep sitting on that myrtle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: do, keep, sit · To what, where: thrush, myrtle

This is test 2 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 bro	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thrush	det
5	thrush	thrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
8	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 myrtle	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 myrtle	det
11	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	bro	the thrush		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thrush=Eventuality
2	keep	present	bro not said here			tree rules
3	sit	gerund	bro not said here		that myrtle	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on myrtle=Location

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

cause its mate was nesting in the branches and it wanted to guard the eggs all day

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nesting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nesting	aux
5	nesting	nest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 branches	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 branches	det
8	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 nesting	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wanted	nsubj
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 guard	mark
13	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 eggs	det
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 guard	obj
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guard	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	nest	past · progressive	its mate		the branches		vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	mate				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	guard not said to happen	to-infinitive	mate not said here	the eggs		day	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Beneficiary

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

cause the berries were mad tasty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 berries	det
3	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tasty	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tasty	cop
5	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tasty	amod
6	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	past	the berries					tasty property	tree rules

Option 3

cause it was nesting there, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nesting	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 nesting	aux
4	nesting	nest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 nesting	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fam	punct
7	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nesting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	nest	past · progressive	it	fam		there			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

cause a fowler was hiding under the tree waiting for it to leave, lol, so it stayed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fowler	det
3	fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hiding	aux
5	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cause	ccomp
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hiding	obl
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 tree	acl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 leave	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 leave	nsubj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 leave	mark
13	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 leave	punct
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 leave	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 stayed	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	19 stayed	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 stayed	nsubj
19	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cause	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	hide	past · progressive	a fowler	the tree	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location
3	wait	gerund	the tree not said here		tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive	fowler		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	stay	past	fowler		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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