Exam question 1 · Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey…

Which animal did the hare persuade the donkey to visit, and for what purpose?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: animal, hare, donkey · What happens: do, persuade, visit · To what, where: donkey

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1284 «Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey tells the shark how a greedy donkey was tricked by a hare and a lion» 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 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 persuade	nsubj
6	persuade	persuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 donkey	det
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 persuade	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 visit	mark
10	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 persuade	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 what	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 what	case
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	parataxis
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 what	nsubj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which animal		tree rules
2	persuade	infinitive	the hare	the donkey	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent donkey=Patient clause=Result
3	visit	to-infinitive	the donkey not said here		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The lion, for the reason of a future marriage bond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reason	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 reason	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lion	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 bond	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bond	det
9	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bond	amod
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bond	compound
11	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reason	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The lion, for the sake of a planned wedding feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sake	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 sake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sake	det
6	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lion	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 feast	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 feast	det
9	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 feast	amod
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feast	compound
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	participle							vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The lion, for the purpose of a proposed marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lion	det
2	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 purpose	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 purpose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purpose	det
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lion	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 marriage	det
9	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 marriage	amod
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 purpose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	purpose		a proposed marriage						nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The hare, for a planned wedding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hare	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 wedding	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wedding	det
6	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wedding	amod
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hare	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	participle							vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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