Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

Did the lion, like, ask for help or just wander up to the guy?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, ask, wander up · To what, where: lion, guy

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ask	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lion	det
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct
5	like	like	INTJ	_	7 ask	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wander	cc
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 wander	advmod
12	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 ask	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 wander	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 guy	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 guy	det
16	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wander	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	you not said here	the lion			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here			for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wander up	infinitive	you not said here		the guy		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to guy=Destination

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 growled and attacked him

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 growled	nsubj
2	growled	growl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 attacked	cc
4	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 growled	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 attacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	past	He						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	attack	past	He not said here	him = he					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

He roared at him

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	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	past	He					at him = he	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He wagged his tail to ask

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 wagged	nsubj
2	wagged	wag	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 tail	nmod:poss
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wagged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ask	mark
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wagged	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	He	his tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He just walked up

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 walked	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 walked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk up	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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