Test 6 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

The olive tree was salty about the fig tree, cos it stayed green?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: olive tree, tree · What happens: be, stay

This is test 6 · ★ 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tree	compound
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	cop
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 stayed	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stayed	nsubj
13	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 salty	conj
14	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stayed	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the olive tree					about the fig tree; salty property	tree rules
2	stay	past	tree					green property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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, it mocked the fig for being bare in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 mocked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mocked	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mocked	nsubj
4	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fig	det
6	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocked	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bare	case
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 bare	cop
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fig	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 winter	case
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	past	it	the fig			winter		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fig=Theme
2	is	gerund						bare property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, it laughed at the fig because the fig had lost all its leaves, while the olive kept its green and felt superior for ages

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 fig	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fig	det
7	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 lost	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fig	det
10	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 laughed	advcl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 leaves	det:predet
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 leaves	nmod:poss
15	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lost	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 kept	punct
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 kept	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 olive	det
19	olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 kept	nsubj
20	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
21	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 green	nmod:poss
22	green	green	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 kept	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 felt	cc
24	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
25	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 felt	xcomp
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 ages	case
27	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 felt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	it		the fig			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		the fig				tree rules
3	keep	past	the olive	fig's green				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent green=Theme
4	feel	past				for ages	superior property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

Yeah, it was all shade about the fig for being bare in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 shade	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shade	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shade	cop
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 shade	det
6	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 fig	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fig	det
9	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shade	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bare	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 bare	cop
12	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shade	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	all shade				about the fig	tree rules
2	is	gerund					winter	bare property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, it was all shade about the fig for being bare in winter, and it laughed for days until the snow came and crushed it

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 shade	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shade	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shade	cop
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 shade	det
6	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 laughed	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 fig	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fig	det
9	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shade	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bare	case
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 bare	cop
12	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fig	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bare	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 laughed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 laughed	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 laughed	nsubj
18	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 days	case
20	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 laughed	obl
21	until	until	SCONJ	_	24 came	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 snow	det
23	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 came	nsubj
24	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 laughed	advcl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 crushed	cc
26	crushed	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 came	conj
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 crushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	all shade		about the fig	tree rules
2	is	gerund			winter	bare property	tree rules
3	laugh	past	fig		day		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come	past	the snow				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	crush	past	the snow not said here	snow			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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