Test 11 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…
Which fable had a tricky guy pretending to buy something, though?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fable, tricky guy · What happens: have, pretend, buy · To what, where: tricky guy, something
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 fable | det |
| 2 | fable | fable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 guy | det |
| 5 | tricky | tricky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 guy | amod |
| 6 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 guy | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 buy | mark |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pretending | xcomp |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 buy | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 though | punct |
| 12 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 3 had | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | which fable | a tricky guy | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pretend | gerund | a tricky guy not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | buy | to-infinitive | a tricky guy not said here | something | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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 Hunter and the Shepherd, where the boy lied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hunter | det |
| 2 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 lied | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Shepherd | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Shepherd | det |
| 5 | Shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Hunter | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lied | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 lied | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boy | det |
| 9 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lied | nsubj |
| 10 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | the Hunter and the Shepherd | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Hunter and the Horseman, where the rider faked a purchase of the hare and then ran off laughing
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hunter | det |
| 2 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Horseman | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Horseman | det |
| 5 | Horseman | Horseman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Hunter | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 faked | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 faked | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rider | det |
| 9 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | nsubj |
| 10 | faked | fake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 purchase | det |
| 12 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 hare | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hare | det |
| 15 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 purchase | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 ran | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 ran | advmod |
| 18 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 faked | conj |
| 19 | off | off | ADP | _ | 18 ran | compound:prt |
| 20 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 ran | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | past | the Hunter and the Horseman | a purchase of the hare | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | the Hunter and the Horseman not said here | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | laugh | gerund | the Hunter and the Horseman not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | purchase | the hare | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The Horseman and the Cheat, where the rider lied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Horseman | det |
| 2 | Horseman | horseman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Cheat | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Cheat | det |
| 5 | Cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Horseman | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lied | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 lied | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rider | det |
| 9 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lied | nsubj |
| 10 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 Horseman | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | the rider | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Hunter and the Horseman, where the rider faked a purchase
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hunter | det |
| 2 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Horseman | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Horseman | det |
| 5 | Horseman | Horseman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Hunter | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 faked | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 faked | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rider | det |
| 9 | rider | rider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | nsubj |
| 10 | faked | fake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 purchase | det |
| 12 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 faked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fake | past | the Hunter and the Horseman | a purchase | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purchase=Patient |
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