Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…

Which of the following accurately states the reasoning by which Moti selected the pony from among the horses of the royal stable when the king called upon him to choose?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Moti, king · What happens: follow, state, select, call, choose · To what, where: reasoning, pony · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reasoning	det
8	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 selected	obl
11	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 selected	nsubj
12	selected	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reasoning	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pony	det
14	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 selected	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 horses	case
16	among	among	ADP	_	18 horses	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 horses	det
18	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 selected	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 stable	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stable	det
21	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 stable	amod
22	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 horses	nmod
23	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 called	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 king	det
25	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 called	nsubj
26	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 selected	advcl
27	upon	upon	ADP	_	28 him	case
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 called	obl
29	to	to	PART	_	30 choose	mark
30	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 called	advcl
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reasoning	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reasoning=Topic
3	select	past	Moti	the pony	by the reasoning; from the horses of the royal stable	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pony=Theme from horse=Source
4	call	participle	the king		upon Moti	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	choose	to-infinitive	the king not said here			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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

Moti reasoned that the pony was calmer than the great horses and would not throw him far if he fell

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reasoned	nsubj
2	reasoned	reason	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 calmer	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pony	det
5	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calmer	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 calmer	cop
7	calmer	calm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 reasoned	advcl
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 horses	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 horses	det
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horses	amod
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 calmer	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 throw	cc
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 throw	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 throw	advmod
15	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reasoned	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 throw	obj
17	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 throw	advmod
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 fell	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fell	nsubj
20	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 throw	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reason	past	Moti			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the pony		than the great horses; calm property	tree rules
3	not throw	would	Moti not said here	pony	far property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	fall a condition, not said to happen	past	Moti			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Moti judged that a fall from a small animal would be less likely to injure him seriously than a fall from a large horse

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 judged	nsubj
2	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 likely	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fall	det
5	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 likely	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 animal	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	nmod
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 likely	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 likely	cop
12	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 likely	advmod
13	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 judged	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 injure	mark
15	injure	injure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 likely	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 injure	obj
17	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	20 fall	advmod
18	than	than	ADP	_	20 fall	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fall	det
20	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 injure	obl
21	from	from	ADP	_	24 horse	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 horse	det
23	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 horse	amod
24	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	judge	past	Moti		from a large horse	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	a fall from a small animal		less, likely property	tree rules
3	injure	to-infinitive	a fall from a small animal not said here	Moti	than a fall	tree rules

Option 3

Moti thought the small pony would be faster on the road home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pony	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pony	amod
5	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 faster	obl:unmarked
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 faster	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 faster	cop
8	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 thought	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 faster	obl
12	home	home	ADV	_	8 faster	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Moti						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	would				the road		the small pony obl:unmarked; fast property	tree rules

Option 4

Moti concluded that the largest horse in the stable would carry him safest through the forest, so he picked it at once

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moti	Moti	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 concluded	nsubj
2	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 carry	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
5	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carry	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 stable	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stable	det
9	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horse	nmod
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 carry	aux
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 concluded	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carry	obj
13	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 carry	obl
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 safest	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 picked	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 picked	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 picked	nsubj
20	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concluded	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 picked	obj
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 once	case
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	20 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	Moti			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry	would	the largest horse in the stable	Moti	safest obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	pick	past	horse	forest		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Asset

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