Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets…

so is it true tattlers never end up good?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, tattlers · What happens: be, not end up

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	tattlers	tattler	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 end	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 end	advmod
7	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 end	compound:prt
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 end	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules
2	not end up	present	tattlers					good property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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

Remus says no, they always win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remus	remus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 win	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 win	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 win	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 win	advmod
7	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Remus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	present	they					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Uncle Remus says yes, he's seen it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	flat
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seen	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	present · passive	Uncle	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Uncle Remus says yes, he's seen it and warns the boy to hush

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	flat
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seen	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 warns	cc
11	warns	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 warns	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hush	mark
15	hush	hush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 warns	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	present · passive	Uncle	it		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	warn speech: warn	present	Uncle not said here		the boy	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient clause=Topic
4	hush	to-infinitive	Uncle not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Uncle Remus says yes, he's seen it happen many times over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	flat
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seen	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	obj
10	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 seen	xcomp
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 times	amod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 happen	obl:unmarked
13	over	over	ADV	_	10 happen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Uncle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	present · passive	Uncle	it			tree rules
3	happen over	infinitive			time	over property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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