Test 7 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

Ngl, the shepherd was brave to check the lion out, huh?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be, check out · To what, where: lion

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brave	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brave	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 brave	cop
6	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 check	mark
8	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 brave	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 check	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	8 check	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 huh	punct
13	huh	huh	INTJ	_	6 brave	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 brave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Ngl					brave property	tree rules
2	check out	to-infinitive	Ngl not said here	the lion					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=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

Yeah, he stared at the lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stared	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stared	nsubj
4	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 lion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	he					at the lion	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lion=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he was actually scared and ran away from the lion at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ran	cc
8	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 ran	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 lion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lion	det
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ran	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 first	case
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					actually, scared property	tree rules
2	run away	past	he not said here					from the lion; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from lion=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, he stepped right up and boldly looked at the lion's paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stepped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stepped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stepped	nsubj
4	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 up	advmod
6	up	up	ADV	_	4 stepped	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 looked	cc
8	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 looked	advmod
9	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stepped	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	14 paw	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lion	det
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 paw	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 lion	case
14	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	past	he						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	past	he not said here					at the lion's paw; boldly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at paw=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he boldly looked at it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 looked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 looked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looked	nsubj
4	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 looked	advmod
5	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	he					at it; boldly property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme

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