Exam question 1 · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the servants' action towards the cock?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: servants · What happens: follow, describe, act · To what, where: outcome
This is exam question 1 of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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 describes | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 best | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 best | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 best | case |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 describes | nmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 outcome | det |
| 8 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 action | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 servants | det |
| 11 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 action | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 11 servants | case |
| 13 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 outcome | nmod |
| 14 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 16 cock | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cock | det |
| 16 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 action | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the outcome of the servants's action towards the cock | of the best | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | act | the servants | towards the cock | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent towards=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 servants made the Widow angry and she sold them off to another household for the cold winter months
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servants | det |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Widow | det |
| 5 | Widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sold | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sold | nsubj |
| 9 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sold | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 sold | compound:prt |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 household | case |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 household | det |
| 14 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sold | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 months | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 months | det |
| 17 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 months | amod |
| 18 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 months | compound |
| 19 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the servants | the Widow | angry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset widow=Product | |||
| 2 | sell off | past | Widow | servants = servant | another household | month | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to household=Recipient |
Option 2
The servants got away with it and kept the cock's noise away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servants | det |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 kept | cc |
| 8 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cock | det |
| 10 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 noise | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 cock | case |
| 12 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kept | obj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 kept | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | past | the servants | with it; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | the servants not said here | the cock's noise | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Theme | |||
| 3 | noise | the cock | nom noise «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The cock was not harmed by them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cock | det |
| 2 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harmed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmed | aux:pass |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 harmed | advmod |
| 5 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 harmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not harm | past · passive | them = they | the cock | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The servants caused themselves greater hardship than before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 servants | det |
| 2 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 caused | nsubj |
| 3 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 caused | obj |
| 5 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 hardship | amod |
| 6 | hardship | hardship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caused | obj |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 before | case |
| 8 | before | before | ADV | _ | 3 caused | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | the servants | servants = servant | before property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer themselves=Theme hardship=Eventuality |
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