Test 1 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…
Dude, the lion just chilled after the shepherd yanked that thorn out, right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lion, that · What happens: chill, yank, thorn out · To what, where: Dude
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» 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 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 yanked | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dude | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 yanked | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 chilled | advmod |
| 6 | chilled | chill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lion | acl:relcl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 shepherd | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shepherd | det |
| 9 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chilled | obl |
| 10 | yanked | yank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 thorn | nsubj |
| 12 | thorn | thorn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 yanked | ccomp |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 thorn | compound:prt |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 thorn | punct |
| 15 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 10 yanked | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 yanked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill | past | the lion not said here | after the shepherd | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | yank | past | the lion | Dude | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | thorn out | present | that | 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 ran off to the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 ran | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 hills | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hills | det |
| 8 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | he | to the hills result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hill=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he went back to the forest
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 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 forest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 forest | det |
| 8 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | he | to the forest result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to forest=Result |
Option 3
Nah, he stayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nope, he stayed with the shepherd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 shepherd | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shepherd | det |
| 7 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | he | with the shepherd | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with shepherd=Location |
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