Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…

Evaluate the fox's method of obtaining the fish, as it is described in the narrative, by reference to the deception practised upon the bear.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, method · What happens: evaluate, obtain, describe, practise · To what, where: method, fish, narrative, deception

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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	Evaluate	evaluate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 method	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 fox	case
5	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 obtaining	mark
7	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 method	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fish	det
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtaining	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 described	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 described	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 described	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 described	aux:pass
14	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Evaluate	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 described	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 reference	punct
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 reference	case
20	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 described	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 deception	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 deception	det
23	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 reference	nmod
24	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 deception	acl
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 bear	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 bear	det
27	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 practised	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Evaluate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	evaluate	imperative	you not said here	the fox's method			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	obtain	gerund	the fox's method not said here	the fish			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fish=Theme
3	describe	present · passive		fish	the narrative		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
4	practise	participle		the deception not said here		upon the bear	tree rules

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 fox deceived the bear by solemnly swearing that the fish had attached itself to his tail beneath the ice, thereby persuading the bear to remain fishing in the freezing stream for many hours, which proved fatal to the bear's tail

The tree, 42 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	nsubj
3	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 swearing	mark
7	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	_	8 swearing	advmod
8	swearing	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 deceived	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 attached	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fish	det
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 attached	aux
13	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deceived	advcl
14	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 attached	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 tail	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 tail	nmod:poss
17	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	obl
18	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	20 ice	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ice	det
20	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 persuading	punct
22	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	23 persuading	advmod
23	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 deceived	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bear	det
25	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 persuading	obj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 remain	mark
27	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 persuading	advcl
28	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 remain	obj
29	in	in	ADP	_	32 stream	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 stream	det
31	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 stream	compound
32	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 remain	obl
33	for	for	ADP	_	35 hours	case
34	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 hours	amod
35	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 stream	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 proved	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 proved	nsubj
38	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 stream	conj
39	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 proved	xcomp
40	to	to	ADP	_	44 tail	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 bear	det
42	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 tail	nmod:poss
43	's	's	PART	_	42 bear	case
44	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 proved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	deceive	past	the fox	the bear			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	swear	gerund	the fox not said here			solemnly property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	attach	past · perfect · passive		the fish		to fox's tail; beneath the ice	tree rules
4	persuade	gerund	the fox not said here	the bear		thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
5	remain	to-infinitive	the fox not said here	fishing	the freezing stream for many hours		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fishing=Attribute
6	prove	past	the freezing stream for many hours			to the bear's tail; fatal property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to tail=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The fox deceived the bear by falsely claiming that the fish had attached itself to his tail, thereby inducing the bear to fish in the icy stream

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	nsubj
3	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 claiming	mark
7	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	8 claiming	advmod
8	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 deceived	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 attached	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fish	det
11	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 attached	aux
13	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 claiming	ccomp
14	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 attached	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 tail	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 tail	nmod:poss
17	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attached	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 inducing	punct
19	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	20 inducing	advmod
20	inducing	induce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 claiming	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bear	det
22	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 inducing	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	24 fish	case
24	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 inducing	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	28 stream	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 stream	det
27	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 stream	amod
28	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 inducing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	deceive	past	the fox	the bear			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	claim speech: other	gerund	the fox not said here			falsely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	attach	past · perfect · passive		the fish		to fox's tail	tree rules
4	induce	gerund	the fox not said here	the bear	the icy stream	to fish; thereby property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient

Option 3

The fox persuaded the bear by claiming that the elves had given him the fish as a gift, prompting the bear to sit in the frozen pond

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	nsubj
3	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 persuaded	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 claiming	mark
7	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 persuaded	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 given	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 elves	det
10	elves	elf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 given	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 claiming	ccomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 given	iobj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fish	det
15	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 gift	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 gift	det
18	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 prompting	punct
20	prompting	prompt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 persuaded	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bear	det
22	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 prompting	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 sit	mark
24	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 prompting	advcl
25	in	in	ADP	_	28 pond	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 pond	det
27	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 pond	amod
28	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	persuade	past	the fox	the bear				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	claim speech: other	gerund	the fox not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give	past · perfect · passive		the elves	fox		as a gift	tree rules
4	prompt	gerund	the fox not said here	the bear				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bear=Patient
5	sit	to-infinitive	the fox not said here			the frozen pond		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pond=Location
6	freeze	participle						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The fox deceived the bear by claiming that the fish were enchanted and could only be caught by a creature with a long tail, so the bear was tricked into sitting in the stream all night long

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	nsubj
3	deceived	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceived	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 claiming	mark
7	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 deceived	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 enchanted	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 enchanted	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 enchanted	aux:pass
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 claiming	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 caught	cc
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 caught	aux
15	only	only	ADV	_	17 caught	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 caught	aux:pass
17	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 enchanted	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 creature	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 creature	det
20	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 caught	obl
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 tail	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 tail	det
23	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 tail	amod
24	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 creature	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 tricked	punct
26	so	so	ADV	_	30 tricked	advmod
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 bear	det
28	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 tricked	nsubj:pass
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 tricked	aux:pass
30	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deceived	conj
31	into	into	ADP	_	32 sitting	case
32	sitting	sitting	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 tricked	obl
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 stream	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 stream	det
35	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 tricked	obl
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	37 night	det
37	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 tricked	obl:unmarked
38	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	30 tricked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	past	the fox	the bear			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient
2	claim speech: other	gerund	the fox not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	enchant	past · passive		the fish			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4	catch	could · passive	a creature with a long tail				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	trick	past · passive		the bear	night	into sitting result; in the stream; long property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into sitting=Result

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