Test 4 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…
Wait, so the king just let everybody go, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king, everybody · What happens: wait, let, go · To what, where: everybody
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 let | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 let | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 let | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 let | advmod |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 let | obj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 Wait | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | the king | everybody | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | everybody not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the shepherd and the lion both
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shepherd | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shepherd | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shepherd | det |
| 4 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lion | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lion | det |
| 7 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shepherd | conj |
| 8 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 shepherd | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nope, the lion stayed in the cage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cage | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cage | det |
| 8 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the lion | the cage | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cage=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the shepherd and the lion both walked free and then the king rewarded them
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shepherd | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shepherd | det |
| 4 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 walked | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 lion | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lion | det |
| 7 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shepherd | conj |
| 8 | both | both | ADV | _ | 9 walked | advmod |
| 9 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 walked | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rewarded | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 rewarded | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rewarded | nsubj |
| 15 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 walked | conj |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 rewarded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the shepherd and the lion | both, free property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reward | past | the king | shepherd | then | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 4
Nah, the lion stayed in jail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 jail | case |
| 7 | jail | jail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the lion | jail | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jail=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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