Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as…

With reference to the Doctor and the Old Woman, which condition governed the payment of the fee?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Old Woman · What happens: govern, pay · To what, where: payment, fee

This is exam question 2 of lesson 134 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat disguised as a doctor is turned away, and eight more short fables follow» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 governed	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Doctor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Doctor	det
5	Doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Woman	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woman	det
8	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Woman	amod
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 governed	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 condition	punct
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 condition	det
12	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Woman	conj
13	governed	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 payment	det
15	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 governed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 fee	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fee	det
18	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 payment	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 governed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past	the Old Woman and which condition	the payment of the fee				with reference to the Doctor	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent payment=Theme
2	pay			the fee					nom payment «possession 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

Fee was set by the magistrates after each visit to the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 magistrates	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 magistrates	det
6	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 set	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 visit	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 visit	det
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive	the magistrates	Fee			after each visit	to the house	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Payment was due only upon the successful cure of her blindness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cure	cop
3	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cure	amod
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 cure	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 cure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cure	det
7	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cure	amod
8	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 blindness	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 blindness	nmod:poss
11	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Payment					upon the due successful cure; of her blindness	tree rules

Option 3

Payment was due only upon the successful cure of her blindness, which the magistrates would later confirm in full at court

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cure	cop
3	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cure	amod
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 cure	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 cure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cure	det
7	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cure	amod
8	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 blindness	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 blindness	nmod:poss
11	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 confirm	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 confirm	obj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 magistrates	det
15	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 confirm	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 confirm	aux
17	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 confirm	advmod
18	confirm	confirm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cure	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 full	case
20	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 confirm	xcomp
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 court	case
22	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Payment					upon the due successful cure; of her blindness	tree rules
2	confirm	would	the magistrates	the due successful cure				full, late property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Payment was due only upon the successful cure of her blindness, and the doctor was allowed to take goods from the house meanwhile

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 due	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 due	cop
3	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 cure	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 cure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cure	det
7	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cure	amod
8	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 due	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 blindness	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 blindness	nmod:poss
11	blindness	blindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cure	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 allowed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 allowed	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 doctor	det
15	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 allowed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 allowed	aux:pass
17	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 due	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 take	mark
19	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 allowed	xcomp
20	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	19 take	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 take	obl
24	meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	19 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Payment			due property	tree rules
2	allow	past · passive		the doctor			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the doctor not said here	goods	the house	meanwhile property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent goods=Theme from house=Initial_Location

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