Exam question 1 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part…

Which of the following statements regarding the wolf's disguise and its ultimate effect upon the three brothers' flocks is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wolf · What happens: follow, regard, be, effect

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 accurate	obl
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 disguise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disguise	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 wolf	case
10	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 accurate	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 effect	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 effect	nmod:poss
13	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 effect	amod
14	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 disguise	conj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 flocks	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 brothers	det
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 brothers	nummod
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 flocks	nmod:poss
19	'	's	PART	_	18 brothers	case
20	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 effect	nmod
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 accurate	cop
22	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present		of the following statements; regard the wolf's disguise and wolf's ultimate effect upon the three brothers's flocks; accurate property	tree rules
4	effect		wolf	upon the three brothers's flocks	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 sheep, once wrapped in a wolf's skin, escaped the brothers and ran off into the forest

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheep	det
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 escaped	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wrapped	punct
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 wrapped	advmod
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sheep	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 skin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wolf	det
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 wolf	case
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrapped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sheep	punct
12	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 brothers	det
14	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 escaped	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ran	cc
16	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 escaped	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 ran	compound:prt
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 forest	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 forest	det
20	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wrap	participle		the sheep not said here	a wolf's skin	once property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in skin=Destination
2	escape	past	the sheep	the brothers			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brother=Initial_Location
3	run off	past	the sheep not said here			into the forest result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, fell asleep and spared the flock in the fold

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fell	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sewn	punct
4	though	though	SCONJ	_	5 sewn	mark
5	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wolf	acl
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 skin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ram	det
8	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 ram	case
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sewn	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wolf	punct
12	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fell	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 spared	cc
15	spared	spare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fell	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flock	det
17	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spared	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 fold	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fold	det
20	fold	fold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sew	participle		the wolf not said here	a ram's skin		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into skin=Destination
2	fall	past	the wolf			asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	spare	past	the wolf not said here	the flock	the fold		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent flock=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The wolf, though sewn into a ram's skin, remained alert and destroyed the sheep in the fold

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 destroyed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sewn	punct
4	though	though	SCONJ	_	5 sewn	mark
5	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wolf	acl:relcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	10 skin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ram	det
8	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 ram	case
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sewn	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 alert	punct
12	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 alert	amod
13	alert	alert	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sewn	cc
15	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sheep	det
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 destroyed	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 fold	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fold	det
20	fold	fold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 destroyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sew	participle		the wolf not said here	a ram's skin and remained alert	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into skin=Destination
2	remain	participle				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	destroy	past	the wolf	the sheep	the fold	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient

Option 4

The wolf fled from the fold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 fold	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fold	det
6	fold	fold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the wolf			the fold			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fold=Initial_Location

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