Test 12 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

Bro, what was the king's first move when he heard the story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro, king · What happens: be, hear · To what, where: first move, story

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 move	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 move	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 move	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 move	amod
9	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	appos
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 heard	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	nsubj
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 move	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 story	det
14	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bro	the king's first move					tree rules
2	hear	past	king	the story					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

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

He first ordered the lion to be brought to the royal hall for questioning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ordered	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 ordered	advmod
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lion	det
5	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 brought	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 brought	aux:pass
8	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lion	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
11	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hall	amod
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brought	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 questioning	case
14	questioning	questioning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		the lion			first property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme
2	bring	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here			the royal hall for questioning			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to hall=Destination

Option 2

He ordered the shepherd hanged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hanged	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hanged	compound
5	hanged	hanged	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He	the shepherd hanged					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanged=Theme

Option 3

He ordered the lion set free and the shepherd pardoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ordered	ccomp
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 set	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pardoned	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shepherd	det
9	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pardoned	nsubj
10	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	set	past	the lion	free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	pardon	participle	the shepherd		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He ordered the lion set free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ordered	ccomp
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He						vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	set	past	the lion					free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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