Test 10 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

And the master said only the workers get to eat, is that the moral?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: master, workers · What happens: say, get, eat, be · To what, where: moral · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a lesson» 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 master	det
3	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 workers	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 workers	det
7	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 get	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 moral	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 moral	cop
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 moral	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moral	det
15	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the master		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	the workers		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	eat	to-infinitive	the workers not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present		the moral	tree rules

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

Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so no free lunch, bro, and the idle dog should be sent to the mill

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 labor	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 source	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lunch	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 lunch	advmod
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 lunch	det
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lunch	amod
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bro	punct
16	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lunch	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sent	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 sent	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dog	det
20	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 dog	amod
21	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sent	nsubj:pass
22	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 sent	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 sent	aux:pass
24	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 source	acl
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 mill	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mill	det
27	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	labor	the source				of every blessing; no free lunch and bro nmod	tree rules
2	send	should · passive	the source not said here	the idle dog		the mill			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mill=Destination

Option 2

Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so the dog gets no free lunch and only workers may eat at the table, bro

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 labor	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 source	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gets	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 gets	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	nsubj
14	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 source	parataxis
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 lunch	det
16	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lunch	amod
17	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 eat	cc
19	only	only	ADV	_	20 workers	advmod
20	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 eat	nsubj
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 eat	aux
22	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 gets	conj
23	at	at	ADP	_	25 table	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 table	det
25	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 eat	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 bro	punct
27	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	labor	the source		of every blessing	tree rules
2	get	present	the dog	no free lunch			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus
3	eat	may	workers		the table		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yeah, labor brings every blessing, so no free lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 brings	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brings	punct
3	labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	nsubj
4	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 blessing	det
6	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lunch	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 lunch	advmod
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 lunch	det
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lunch	amod
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	labor	every blessing				no free lunch obl	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, labor is the source of every blessing, so no free lunch, bro

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 source	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 source	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 source	det
6	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lunch	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 lunch	advmod
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 lunch	det
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lunch	amod
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bro	punct
16	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 source	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	labor	the source				of every blessing; no free lunch nmod	tree rules

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