Exam question 2 · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…
Identify the phrase which indicates that the servants had not anticipated the result of their action.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, phrase, servants · What happens: identify, indicate, not anticipate, result, act · To what, where: phrase, servants, action
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 phrase | det |
| 3 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 indicates | nsubj |
| 5 | indicates | indicate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 phrase | acl:relcl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 anticipated | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 servants | det |
| 8 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 anticipated | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 anticipated | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 anticipated | advmod |
| 11 | anticipated | anticipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 indicates | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 result | det |
| 13 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 anticipated | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 action | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 action | nmod:poss |
| 16 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 result | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the phrase | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent phrase=Theme | ||||
| 2 | indicate | present | the phrase | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not anticipate | past · perfect · passive | the servants | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme result=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | result | servants's action | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | act | servants = servant | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice
"They thought they could sleep longer"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sleep | nsubj |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sleep | aux |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 thought | ccomp |
| 7 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 sleep | advmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other in a quote | past | They | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sleep in a quote | could | they | long property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
"They were not ready"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 ready | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ready | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ready | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 ready | advmod |
| 5 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 ready | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | past | They | ready property | tree rules |
Option 3
"They reckoned they'd get more sleep"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 reckoned | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reckoned | nsubj |
| 3 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 5 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 reckoned | ccomp |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 sleep | amod |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon in a quote | past | They | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | would | they | more sleep | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"They weren't prepared for the consequences"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 prepared | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 prepared | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 prepared | aux:pass |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 prepared | advmod |
| 5 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 consequences | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 consequences | det |
| 8 | consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 prepared | obl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 prepared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not prepare in a quote | past · passive | They | for the consequences | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for consequence=Beneficiary |
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