Exam question 4 · Indian Tales, The Younger Son of the Jackal, part 31: the…

Explain the function of the sack of dates in the closing episode of the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, close · To what, where: function, closing episode

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sack	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sack	det
6	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 dates	case
8	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sack	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 episode	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 episode	det
11	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 episode	amod
12	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 episode	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the function of the sack of dates		the closing episode of the passage			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	close	gerund							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

it hid the greyhound and revealed the jackal's trickery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	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 hid	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 revealed	cc
6	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jackal	det
8	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trickery	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 jackal	case
10	trickery	trickery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 revealed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hide	past	it	the greyhound	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greyhound=Patient
2	reveal	past		the jackal's trickery	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trickery=Topic
3	trick		the jackal		nom trickery «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

it stored the grain for the winter season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stored	nsubj
2	stored	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grain	det
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stored	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 season	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 season	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 season	compound
8	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	past	it	the grain			season		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 3

it held the dates for dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dates	det
4	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 held	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	it	the dates				for dinner	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it concealed the greyhound and exposed the jackal's deception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	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 concealed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 exposed	cc
6	exposed	expose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concealed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 jackal	det
8	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deception	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 jackal	case
10	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exposed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	past	it	the greyhound	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greyhound=Patient
2	expose	past		the jackal's deception	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deception=Topic
3	deceive		the jackal		nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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