Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey t…

Identify the quantity of the second purchase made by the owner after the first mishap.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, make · To what, where: quantity, second purchase

This is exam question 2 of lesson 137 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Burdens: a clever donkey tries to cheat his master with salt and sponges» 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 quantity	det
3	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 purchase	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 purchase	amod
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quantity	nmod
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 purchase	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 owner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 owner	det
11	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	15 mishap	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mishap	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 mishap	amod
15	mishap	mishap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
16	.	.	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 quantity of the second purchase					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme
2	make	participle		the second purchase not said here			after the first mishap	by the owner	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

More sponges, added to the load

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 sponges	amod
2	sponges	sponge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 added	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 added	punct
4	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 load	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 load	det
7	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	participle · passive		More sponges				to the load	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to load=Co-Patient

Option 2

Sponges, placed in the old panniers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sponges	sponge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 placed	punct
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 panniers	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 panniers	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 panniers	amod
7	panniers	pannier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle · passive		Sponges		the old panniers			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in pannier=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

More salt, added to the remaining load

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 salt	amod
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 added	punct
4	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 salt	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 load	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 load	det
7	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 load	amod
8	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	participle		More salt not said here				to the remaining load	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to load=Co-Patient

Option 4

More salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 salt	amod
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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