Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…
Okay so the lion remembered him, like, instantly, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lion · What happens: remember · To what, where: him
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 5 remembered | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 remembered | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lion | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remembered | nsubj |
| 5 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 remembered | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
| 8 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 5 remembered | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 instantly | punct |
| 10 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 5 remembered | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 instantly | punct |
| 12 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 remembered | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 remembered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | past | the lion | him = he | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he knew who had helped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 helped | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 helped | aux |
| 7 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 knew | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | help | past · perfect | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yeah, he instantly remembered the man who had pulled the thorn from his paw
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 remembered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 remembered | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 remembered | nsubj |
| 4 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 5 remembered | advmod |
| 5 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remembered | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 pulled | aux |
| 10 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 man | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 thorn | det |
| 12 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pulled | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 paw | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 paw | nmod:poss |
| 15 | paw | paw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remembered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | past | he | the man | man's paw | instantly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ||
| 2 | pull | past · perfect · passive | the man | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Theme thorn=Result |
Option 3
Yeah, he remembered the sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 remembered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 remembered | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 remembered | nsubj |
| 4 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sheep | det |
| 6 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 remembered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | past | he | the sheep | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, he didn't know him at first but then remembered later on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 first | case |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 know | obl |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 remembered | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 remembered | advmod |
| 12 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | conj |
| 13 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 remembered | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 remembered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | he | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | remember | past | he not said here | then | late property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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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