Test 3 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…
Bro, what did the lion even do when they opened his cage?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: do, open · To what, where: lion, cage
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | 4 did | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 do | advmod |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | advcl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 opened | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 opened | nsubj |
| 11 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cage | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the lion | Bro vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | open | past | they | lion's cage | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cage=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
He jumped out of the cage and chased everyone out of the castle yard
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 jumped | nsubj |
| 2 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 cage | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 cage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cage | det |
| 6 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jumped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 chased | cc |
| 8 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 jumped | conj |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 chased | obj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 yard | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 yard | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 yard | det |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 yard | compound |
| 14 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump out | past | He | the cage | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cage=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | chase | past | He not said here | everyone | out the castle yard | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme out yard=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He put his paw on the guy's lap
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 put | nsubj |
| 2 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 paw | nmod:poss |
| 4 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 lap | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guy | det |
| 7 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lap | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 guy | case |
| 9 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | He | his paw | the guy's lap | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme on lap=Destination |
Option 3
He roared loudly at the guard
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 roared | nsubj |
| 2 | roared | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 2 roared | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 guard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guard | det |
| 6 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roar | past | He | the guard | loudly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at guard=Location |
Option 4
He lifted his paw and set it gently on the guy's lap then purred
The tree, 15 words
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 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 paw | nmod:poss |
| 4 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lifted | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 set | cc |
| 6 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lifted | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 set | obj |
| 8 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 6 set | advmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 lap | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 guy | det |
| 11 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lap | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 guy | case |
| 13 | lap | lap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | obl |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 purred | advmod |
| 15 | purred | purr | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 lifted | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past | He | his paw | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme | ||||
| 2 | set | infinitive | He not said here | paw | the guy's lap | gently property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on lap=Destination | ||
| 3 | purr | participle | He not said here | then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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