Exam question 3 · Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "w…

What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moral · What happens: impart, concern, conduct · To what, where: conduct, true hero

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 moral	det
2	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impart	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 impart	aux
4	Jonas	Jonas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 impart	nsubj
5	impart	impart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 impart	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 hero	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hero	det
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hero	amod
12	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 impart	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	impart	past · do-support	what moral		tree rules
2	concern	gerund	what moral not said here	the conduct of a true hero	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
3	conduct			a true hero	nom conduct «act transitive»: 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

A brave man is loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loud	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	cop
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a brave man					loud property	tree rules

Option 2

A real hero does not lie about his deeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hero	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hero	amod
3	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 lie	advmod
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 deeds	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 deeds	nmod:poss
9	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lie	present · do-support	a real hero					about hero's deeds	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about deed=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A brave man does not boast of his courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boast	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 boast	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 boast	advmod
6	boast	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 courage	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 courage	nmod:poss
9	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not boast speech: other	present · do-support	a brave man					of man's courage	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Brave men always win

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 men	amod
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 win	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 win	advmod
4	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Brave men					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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