Test 9 · ★ · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

Mate, the brazier's dog just snoozed while the man was working, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, man · What happens: snooze, work

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snoozed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dog	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brazier	det
4	brazier	brazier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dog	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 brazier	case
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 snoozed	advmod
8	snoozed	snooze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 working	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 working	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 working	aux
13	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 snoozed	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 yeah	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 working	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 snoozed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snooze	past	Mate and the brazier's dog						tree rules
2	work	past · progressive	the man						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yep, it snoozed on the mat during the hammering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 snoozed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snoozed	nsubj
4	snoozed	snooze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mat	det
7	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snoozed	obl
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 hammering	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hammering	det
10	hammering	hammering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snoozed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snooze	past	it			the mat	during the hammering		vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, it chased the hammer around the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 chased	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	nsubj
4	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hammer	det
6	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obj
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	it	the hammer		the shop			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme around shop=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, it slept on the mat while the hammering went on, and it never woke up even when the master shouted, lazy bum

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 slept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slept	nsubj
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mat	det
7	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hammering	det
10	hammering	hammering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slept	advcl
12	on	on	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 woke	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 woke	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 woke	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 woke	advmod
17	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slept	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 woke	compound:prt
19	even	even	ADV	_	23 shouted	advmod
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 shouted	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 master	det
22	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shouted	nsubj
23	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 woke	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bum	punct
25	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 bum	amod
26	bum	bum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	sleep	past	it	the mat	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go on	past	the hammering		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not wake up	past	hammering		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	shout speech: express	past	the master		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, it slept on the mat while the hammering went on, lazy bum

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 slept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 slept	nsubj
4	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mat	det
7	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hammering	det
10	hammering	hammering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 slept	advcl
12	on	on	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bum	punct
14	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bum	amod
15	bum	bum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	it	lazy bum		the mat			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go on	past	the hammering						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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