Exam question 1 · Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10…

Which proverb does the wolf quote, and what does it signify in the context of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: proverb · What happens: do, signify · To what, where: wolf quote

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1144 «Reynard the Fox, The Wolf and the Fox at the Well, part 10: the hungry wolf and the cunning fox plan a feast of cheese, and the fox tricks the wolf into the bucket» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 proverb	det
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quote	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quote	compound
6	quote	quote	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 signify	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 signify	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 signify	obj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 signify	aux
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 signify	nsubj
12	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 does	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 context	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 context	det
15	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 signify	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 narrative	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 narrative	det
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 context	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which proverb	the wolf quote					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quote=Eventuality
2	signify	present · do-support	proverb					in the context of the narrative	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme in context=Attribute

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

A saying about hunger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 saying	det
2	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 hunger	case
4	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saying	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A warning about the moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 warning	det
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moon	det
5	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warning	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

"One wolf does not bite another," signifying mutual forbearance among wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 bite	punct
2	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 wolf	nummod
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bite	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bite	advmod
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 bite	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 signifying	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 signifying	punct
10	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 bite	advcl
11	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 forbearance	amod
12	forbearance	forbearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signifying	obj
13	among	among	ADP	_	14 wolves	case
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 signifying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bite in a quote	present · do-support	One wolf	another					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient
2	signify	gerund	One wolf not said here	mutual forbearance				among wolves	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot forbearance=Theme

Option 4

"Charity begins at home," signifying that a wolf should first provide for his own family and kin

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 begins	punct
2	Charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begins	nsubj
3	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begins	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 signifying	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 signifying	punct
8	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 begins	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 provide	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 provide	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 provide	aux
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 provide	advmod
14	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 signifying	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 family	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 family	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 provide	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 kin	cc
20	kin	kin	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	begin in a quote	present	Charity	home		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	signify	gerund	Charity not said here			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	provide	should	a wolf		for wolf's own family and kin; first property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for family=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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