Exam question 1 · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

Which creature was the fox obliged to make the Lapp believe had slain the reindeer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: creature · What happens: be, oblige, make, slay · To what, where: fox, Lapp, reindeer

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 creature	det
2	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obliged	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fox	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obliged	nsubj
6	obliged	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 slain	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 obliged	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Lapp	det
10	Lapp	Lapp	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 slain	aux
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 slain	aux
13	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reindeer	det
15	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slain	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 slain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		the fox	tree rules
2	oblige	past	which creature		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
3	make	to-infinitive	which creature not said here	the Lapp	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lapp=Product
4	slay	present · perfect		the reindeer	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reindeer=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 · ✓ the right answer

The fox's comrades were the creatures falsely accused by him.

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	4 comrades	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fox	case
4	comrades	comrade	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 creatures	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 creatures	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 creatures	det
7	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	9 accused	advmod
9	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 creatures	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 accused	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 creatures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the fox's comrades	the creatures					tree rules
2	accuse	participle		the creatures not said here				by fox; falsely property	vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The bears were the ones he blamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bears	det
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ones	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ones	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blamed	nsubj
7	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the bears	the ones					tree rules
2	blame	past	he	the ones not said here					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 3

The wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The wolves and bears were blamed for the deed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolves	det
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 blamed	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bears	cc
4	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wolves	conj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 blamed	aux:pass
6	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 deed	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deed	det
9	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past · passive		the wolves and bears				for the deed	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for deed=Attribute

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