Exam question 1 · Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tig…

To what instruction did the jackal direct the panther concerning the footwear before its first use?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, panther · What happens: do, direct, concern, use · To what, where: jackal, panther, footwear

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 direct	obl
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jackal	det
6	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	direct	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 panther	det
9	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 direct	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 panther	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 footwear	det
12	footwear	footwear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	before	before	ADP	_	16 use	case
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 use	nmod:poss
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 use	amod
16	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 direct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past	instruction	the jackal		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Eventuality
2	direct	present		the panther		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent panther=Eventuality
3	concern	gerund	the panther not said here	the footwear	before instruction's first use	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus footwear=Experiencer
4	use		instruction			nom use «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

To hang the shoes indoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hang	mark
2	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hang	obj
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	2 hang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	to-infinitive		the shoes				indoors property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient

Option 2

To bury the shoes at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bury	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		the shoes			night		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To lay the shoes in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lay	mark
2	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sun	det
7	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	to-infinitive		the shoes		the sun			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme in sun=Destination

Option 4

To wear the shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wear	mark
2	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoes	det
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	to-infinitive		the shoes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

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