Exam question 2 · African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60:…

Question: With reference to the passage, state the consequence of the monkey's repeated exchanges of goods.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Question, monkey · What happens: state, repeat, exchange · To what, where: consequence, goods

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1259 «African Folk-Tales, The Tortoise and the Monkey, part 60: the tortoise tricks the fox and the stag, and the monkey cheats the barber and the villagers» 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	Question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 state	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 reference	punct
3	With	with	ADP	_	4 reference	case
4	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Question	appos
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 passage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 passage	det
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reference	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Question	punct
9	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consequence	det
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 state	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 exchanges	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 monkey	det
14	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 exchanges	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 monkey	case
16	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 exchanges	amod
17	exchanges	exchange	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consequence	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 goods	case
19	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	17 exchanges	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	infinitive	Question	the consequence of the monkey's repeated exchanges of goods	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	exchange		the monkey	goods	nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=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 · ✓ the right answer

He acquired the little girl, whom he carried off to his palm tree

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 acquired	nsubj
2	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acquired	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 carried	punct
7	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 carried	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	nsubj
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 acquired	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 carried	compound:prt
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 tree	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 tree	nmod:poss
13	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	compound
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	past	He	the little girl					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme
2	carry off	past	he			his palm tree			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to tree=Destination

Option 2

He acquired a barrel of meal and the little girl, and he then gave up his razor to the barber as a gift

The tree, 23 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 acquired	nsubj
2	acquired	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 barrel	det
4	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acquired	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 meal	case
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barrel	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 girl	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 girl	amod
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meal	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gave	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gave	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gave	nsubj
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 gave	advmod
15	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 acquired	conj
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 gave	compound:prt
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 razor	nmod:poss
18	razor	razor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 barber	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 barber	det
21	barber	barber	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obl
22	as	as	ADP	_	24 gift	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 gift	det
24	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	past	He	a barrel of meal and the little girl					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrel=Theme
2	give up	past	he	his razor	the barber		then	as a gift	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent razor=Theme to barber=Recipient

Option 3

He gained a barrel of meal, which he carried off to his tree

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 gained	nsubj
2	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 barrel	det
4	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gained	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 meal	case
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barrel	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 carried	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 carried	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carried	nsubj
10	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 meal	acl:relcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 carried	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 tree	nmod:poss
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gain	past	He	a barrel of meal					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrel=Theme
2	carry off	past	he	meal		his tree			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to tree=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He won a bowl of fish, which he carried off to the forest for a feast

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 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bowl	det
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 fish	case
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowl	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 carried	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 carried	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carried	nsubj
10	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fish	acl:relcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 carried	compound:prt
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carried	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 feast	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 feast	det
17	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	He	a bowl of fish					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bowl=Eventuality
2	carry off	past	fish	fish		the forest		for a feast	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to forest=Destination

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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