Exam question 4 · Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tig…

Which course of action did the old man recommend to the panther in order to expose the traitor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: course · What happens: recommend, expose · To what, where: panther, traitor

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 course	det
2	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recommend	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 did	mark
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 recommend	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recommend	nsubj
9	recommend	recommend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 panther	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 panther	det
12	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recommend	obl
13	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 expose	mark
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 in	fixed
15	to	to	PART	_	16 expose	mark
16	expose	expose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 recommend	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 traitor	det
18	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 expose	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 recommend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	past · do-support	which course		the panther				vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to panther=Recipient
2	expose	to-infinitive	which course not said here	the traitor					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot traitor=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

a feast with close observation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feast	det
2	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 observation	case
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 observation	amod
5	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feast	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a great feast where everyone must be watched carefully by the panther

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 feast	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feast	amod
3	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 watched	advmod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 watched	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 watched	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 watched	aux:pass
8	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feast	acl:relcl
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 watched	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 panther	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 panther	det
12	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	must · passive	the panther	everyone				carefully property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

a feast with close observation of every guest's tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feast	det
2	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 observation	case
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 observation	amod
5	observation	observation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feast	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 tail	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 guest	det
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tail	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 guest	case
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe			every guest's tail					nom observation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

a fight in the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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