Exam question 2 · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the…

Identify the means by which the sheep obtained assistance against the jackal's unjust division of the harvest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sheep · What happens: identify, mean, obtain · To what, where: assistance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1165 «Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the jackal cheats the sheep over the grain, and the greyhound is called in» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 obtained	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheep	det
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obtained	nsubj
8	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	obj
10	against	against	ADP	_	15 division	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jackal	det
12	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 division	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 jackal	case
14	unjust	unjust	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 division	amod
15	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 obtained	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 harvest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 harvest	det
18	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 division	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	infinitive				vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	obtain	past	the sheep	assistance	against the jackal's unjust division of the harvest	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

she summoned the greyhound, who was induced to confront the jackal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 greyhound	det
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 induced	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 induced	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 induced	aux:pass
8	induced	induce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 greyhound	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 confront	mark
10	confront	confront	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 induced	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jackal	det
12	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confront	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	summon	past	she		the greyhound	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greyhound=Recipient
2	induce	past · passive		the greyhound		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	confront	to-infinitive		the jackal		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Theme

Option 2

she fetched a shepherd who scolded the jackal loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fetched	nsubj
2	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetched	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 scolded	nsubj
6	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shepherd	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jackal	det
8	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scolded	obj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	6 scolded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	past	she	a shepherd					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme
2	scold	past	a shepherd	the jackal				loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jackal=Theme

Option 3

she simply asked the jackal nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
2	simply	simply	ADV	_	3 asked	advmod
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jackal	det
5	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obj
6	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	3 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she		the jackal			nicely, simply property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jackal=Recipient

Option 4

she called the greyhound, who was persuaded to face the jackal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 greyhound	det
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 persuaded	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 persuaded	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 persuaded	aux:pass
8	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 greyhound	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 face	mark
10	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 persuaded	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jackal	det
12	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 face	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	call	past	she		the greyhound	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent greyhound=Recipient
2	persuade	past · passive		the greyhound		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	face	to-infinitive	the greyhound not said here		the jackal	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jackal=Destination

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