Test 8 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

The frogs were moaning to the sky about the sun getting hitched, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frogs, sun · What happens: moan, get, hitch · To what, where: sky

This is test 8 · ★ 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	2 frogs	det
2	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moaning	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 moaning	aux
4	moaning	moan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sky	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sky	det
7	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moaning	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sky	nmod
11	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 sun	acl
12	hitched	hitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 getting	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	4 moaning	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 moaning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	moan	past · progressive	the frogs	the sky about the sun	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sky=Recipient
2	get	gerund	the sun not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	hitch	participle	the sun not said here		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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, they feared the sun would make more suns and dry up the marsh, so they croaked loudly to the sky to complain

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 feared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 suns	amod
10	suns	sun	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dry	cc
12	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 dry	compound:prt
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 marsh	det
15	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dry	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 croaked	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	19 croaked	advmod
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 croaked	nsubj
19	croaked	croak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feared	conj
20	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	19 croaked	advmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 sky	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 sky	det
23	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 croaked	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 complain	mark
25	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 croaked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	they				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	would	the sun	more suns			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sun=Product
3	dry up	infinitive	the sun not said here	the marsh			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient marsh=Result
4	croak	past	they		the sky	loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sky=Recipient
5	complain speech: other	to-infinitive	they not said here				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, they feared the sun would dry out the marsh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 feared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feared	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dry	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 dry	aux
8	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 dry	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marsh	det
11	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	they						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	dry out	would	the sun	the marsh					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient marsh=Result

Option 3

Yeah, they feared the sun would have many children, which would be suns, and dry up the whole marsh where they lived forever

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 feared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feared	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 children	amod
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 suns	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 suns	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 suns	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 suns	cop
15	suns	sun	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 children	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dry	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dry	cc
18	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	conj
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 dry	compound:prt
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 marsh	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 marsh	amod
22	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dry	obj
23	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	25 lived	advmod
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 lived	nsubj
25	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 marsh	acl:relcl
26	forever	forever	ADV	_	25 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	they			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	have	would	the sun	many children and suns		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	is a	would	many children and suns	suns		tree rules
4	dry up	infinitive	they not said here	the whole marsh		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient marsh=Result
5	live	past	children = child		forever property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, they feared the sun would make more suns and dry up the marsh

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 feared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feared	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 suns	amod
10	suns	sun	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dry	cc
12	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 dry	compound:prt
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 marsh	det
15	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	they		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	would	the sun	more suns	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sun=Product
3	dry up	infinitive	the sun not said here	the marsh	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient marsh=Result

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