Exam question 4 · Indian tales, The Monkey and the Shark, part 9: the monkey…

In the monkey's account, what did the hare do with the donkey's carcass?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: do, account · To what, where: hare, account

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	5 account	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monkey	det
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 account	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 monkey	case
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hare	det
10	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 carcass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 donkey	det
14	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carcass	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 donkey	case
16	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the hare	the monkey's account		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Eventuality
2	do	present				with the donkey's carcass	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	account		the monkey				nom account «communication 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

She grilled it on hot coals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grilled	nsubj
2	grilled	grill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grilled	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 coals	case
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coals	amod
6	coals	coal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grill	past	She	it				on hot coals	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient on coal=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She left it in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	She	it		the forest			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in forest=Location

Option 3

She roasted the whole carcass slowly over an open fire outside the cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roasted	nsubj
2	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carcass	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 carcass	amod
5	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roasted	obj
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 roasted	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	10 fire	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fire	det
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fire	amod
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roasted	obl
11	outside	outside	ADP	_	13 cave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cave	det
13	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fire	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past	She	the whole carcass		a open fire outside the cave		slowly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent carcass=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She roasted it over a fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roasted	nsubj
2	roasted	roast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roasted	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 fire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fire	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roast	past	She	it		a fire			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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