Exam question 2 · Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, p…

What was the fate of the hyena following the division of the flock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate · What happens: be, follow, fate · To what, where: division, hyena

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hyena	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hyena	det
7	hyena	hyena	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fate	nmod
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fate	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 division	det
10	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 following	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 flock	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flock	det
13	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 division	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	the fate of the hyena		tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the fate of the hyena not said here	the division of the flock	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent division=Theme
3	fate			the hyena	nom fate «event transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

He was let free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 let	aux:pass
3	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · passive		He				free property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He was killed by the lion with two blows of his paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 killed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 killed	aux:pass
3	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 lion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 killed	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 blows	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 blows	nummod
9	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 killed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 paw	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 paw	nmod:poss
12	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive	the lion	He				with two blows of lion's paw	vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent subject=Patient with blow=Instrument
2	blow		lion's paw						nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He was caught by the farmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 farmer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive	the farmer	He					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was slain by the lion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	aux:pass
3	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 lion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lion	det
6	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past · passive	the lion	He					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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