Exam question 3 · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

What stratagem does the mink employ to frustrate the wolves' vengeful assembly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stratagem · What happens: do, frustrate · To what, where: mink employ, vengeful assembly

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 stratagem	det
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 employ	det
5	mink	mink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 employ	amod
6	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 frustrate	mark
8	frustrate	frustrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employ	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolves	det
10	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 assembly	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 wolves	case
12	vengeful	vengeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 assembly	amod
13	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 frustrate	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what stratagem	the mink employ					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
2	frustrate	to-infinitive	what stratagem not said here	the wolves's vengeful assembly					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assembly=Experiencer

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

He enlists a mouse to gnaw through their weapons

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	2 enlists	nsubj
2	enlists	enlist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mouse	det
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlists	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 gnaw	mark
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enlists	advcl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 weapons	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 weapons	nmod:poss
9	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gnaw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlist	present	He	a mouse					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	gnaw	to-infinitive	He not said here			their weapons			vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He persuades a friendly mouse to quietly gnaw through every one of the wolves' weapons at night

The tree, 18 words

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	2 persuades	nsubj
2	persuades	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mouse	amod
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persuades	obj
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	8 gnaw	mark
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	8 gnaw	advmod
8	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 persuades	advcl
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 one	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gnaw	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 weapons	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wolves	det
14	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 weapons	nmod:poss
15	'	's	PART	_	14 wolves	case
16	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 one	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gnaw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	present	He	a friendly mouse					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient
2	gnaw	present	He not said here				night	through every one of the wolves's weapons; quietly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He tricks the wolves with a false feast

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	2 tricks	nsubj
2	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tricks	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 feast	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 feast	det
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feast	amod
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	present	He	the wolves				with a false feast	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Patient

Option 4

He enlists a mouse to secretly gnaw through all of the wolves' bows and paddles

The tree, 16 words

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	2 enlists	nsubj
2	enlists	enlist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mouse	det
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlists	obj
5	to	to	SCONJ	_	7 gnaw	mark
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 gnaw	advmod
7	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 enlists	advcl
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gnaw	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 bows	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolves	det
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bows	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 wolves	case
14	bows	bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 all	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 paddles	cc
16	paddles	paddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlist	present	He	a mouse					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	gnaw	present	He not said here			all		secretly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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