Exam question 2 · Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Ya…

With reference to the passage, which option most accurately describes the hare's initial objective upon leaving his grandmother's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: describe, leave · To what, where: dwelling

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 describes	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 option	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 option	det
8	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
9	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	10 accurately	advmod
10	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	11 describes	advmod
11	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hare	det
13	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 objective	nsubj
14	's	's	PART	_	13 hare	case
15	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 objective	amod
16	objective	objective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 describes	ccomp
17	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	18 leaving	mark
18	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 objective	advcl
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 grandmother	nmod:poss
20	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 dwelling	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 grandmother	case
22	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 leaving	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present						with reference to the passage and which option; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	leave	gerund		hare's grandmother's dwelling					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=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

To hunt a rabbit for their shared dinner tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hunt	mark
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 dinner	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dinner	nmod:poss
7	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dinner	amod
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl
9	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	to-infinitive		a rabbit			tonight	for their shared dinner	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rabbit=Location for dinner=Theme
2	share	participle							tree rules

Option 2

To fetch wood for a warm fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fetch	mark
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetch	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 fire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fire	det
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fire	amod
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	to-infinitive		wood				for a warm fire	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wood=Theme for fire=Source

Option 3

To find the wizard quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wizard	det
4	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		the wizard				quickly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wizard=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To procure a fish for their morning sustenance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 procure	mark
2	procure	procure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procure	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 sustenance	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sustenance	nmod:poss
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustenance	compound
8	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure	to-infinitive		a fish				for their morning sustenance	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fish=Theme for sustenance=Beneficiary

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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