Exam question 2 · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th…

To which of the following does the puma's plan to frame the stag for the theft of the sheep most directly lead?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: puma · What happens: follow, plan

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 which	case
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 plan	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	10 plan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plan	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 plan	case
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 plan	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 puma	det
8	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plan	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 puma	case
10	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 frame	mark
12	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plan	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stag	det
14	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plan	appos
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 theft	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 theft	det
17	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stag	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 sheep	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sheep	det
20	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 theft	nmod
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 directly	advmod
22	directly	directly	ADV	_	23 lead	advmod
23	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sheep	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 plan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	plan		the puma						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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 workers fleeing from the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 workers	det
2	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	fleeing	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 workers	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fleeing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	gerund	the workers not said here			the field			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from field=Initial_Location

Option 2

The shepherd beating the stag to death in the sheepfold yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 shepherd	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stag	det
5	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beating	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beating	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 yard	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 yard	det
10	sheepfold	sheepfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yard	compound
11	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	gerund	the shepherd not said here	the stag	death			in the sheepfold yard	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent stag=Patient to death=Recipient in yard=Topic

Option 3

The puma's dog chasing the stag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puma	det
2	puma	puma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dog	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 puma	case
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 dog	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stag	det
7	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund	the puma's dog not said here	the stag					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The shepherd beating the stag to death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 shepherd	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stag	det
5	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beating	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	gerund	the shepherd not said here	the stag	death				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stag=Patient to death=Recipient

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