Exam question 4 · Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monk…

In what manner does the tortoise conclude the contest between the two creatures?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tortoise · What happens: do, conclude · To what, where: manner, contest

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1258 «Indian Tales, Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey, part 59: the clever tortoise tricks an elephant and a whale into a tug-of-war» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tortoise	det
6	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclude	nsubj
7	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclude	obj
10	between	between	ADP	_	13 creatures	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 creatures	det
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 creatures	nummod
13	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 contest	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present				what manner			tree rules
2	conclude	present	the tortoise	the contest				between the two creatures	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He proposes a cessation of the trial for that day.

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 proposes	nsubj
2	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cessation	det
4	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proposes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 trial	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trial	det
7	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cessation	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trial	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 proposes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present	He	a cessation of the trial for that day					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cessation=Theme
2	cease			the trial for that day					nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He proposes that the contest be paused until the morrow.

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 proposes	nsubj
2	proposes	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 paused	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 contest	det
5	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paused	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 paused	aux:pass
7	paused	pause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proposes	ccomp
8	until	until	ADP	_	10 morrow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morrow	det
10	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paused	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 proposes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pause	infinitive · passive		the contest			until the morrow		tree rules

Option 3

He suggests they end it for now.

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 suggests	nsubj
2	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 end	nsubj
4	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 suggests	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 end	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 now	case
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 end	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 suggests	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	end	present	they	it					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 4

He stops for today.

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 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 today	case
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	He				today		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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