Test 13 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

So the whole thing was about a thorn and a guy being nice, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whole thing, thorn · What happens: be · To what, where: thorn

This is test 13 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	8 thorn	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thing	amod
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thorn	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 thorn	cop
6	about	about	ADV	_	8 thorn	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thorn	det
8	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nice	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 guy	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 guy	det
11	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nice	nsubj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 nice	cop
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 yeah	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 nice	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 nice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the whole thing	a thorn				about property	tree rules
2	is	gerund	a thorn					nice 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

Yeah, the whole story was about a thorn and a guy being kind to a lion

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 thorn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thorn	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thorn	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thorn	cop
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 thorn	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thorn	det
9	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kind	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 guy	det
12	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kind	nsubj
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 kind	cop
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thorn	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 lion	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lion	det
17	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the whole story					about a thorn	tree rules
2	is	gerund	a guy					to a lion; kind property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, a thorn caused it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 caused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 caused	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thorn	det
4	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj
5	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 caused	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	a thorn	it					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient

Option 3

Nope, it's really about a lion learning to be a better and kinder animal

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	8 lion	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lion	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lion	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	8 lion	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 lion	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lion	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	13 better	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 better	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 better	det
13	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 learning	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 animal	cc
15	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 animal	amod
16	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	about a lion and kinder animal	tree rules
2	learn	gerund	a lion and kinder animal not said here		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive		good property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, kindness saved his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 kindness	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	nsubj
4	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 life	nmod:poss
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	kindness	kindness's life					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

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