Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

the rose and the amaranth, who lasts longer, fam?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: amaranth · What happens: last

This is test 7 · ★ 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 rose	det
2	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 amaranth	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 amaranth	det
5	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lasts	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lasts	nsubj
8	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amaranth	acl:relcl
9	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 lasts	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fam	punct
11	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rose	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	present	the amaranth					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the amaranth, cause it never fades

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 amaranth	det
2	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 amaranth	punct
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fades	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 fades	advmod
7	fades	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	the amaranth						tree rules
2	not fade	present	amaranth						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

the amaranth, cause the rose dies in a day and gets thrown away, lol

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 amaranth	det
2	amaranth	amaranth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 amaranth	punct
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rose	det
6	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dies	nsubj
7	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	parataxis
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dies	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 thrown	cc
12	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thrown	aux:pass
13	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 dies	conj
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 thrown	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cause	punct
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 cause	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	the amaranth			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	die	present	the rose	day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	throw away	present · passive	the rose not said here		away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 3

the rose, cause it's red, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rose	det
2	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rose	punct
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 red	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 red	cop
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	4 cause	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	the rose						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is	present	rose					red property	tree rules

Option 4

the rose, cause it smells nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rose	det
2	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rose	punct
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 smells	nsubj
6	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	ccomp
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 smells	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	the rose						tree rules
2	smell	present	rose					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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