Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short ani…

Account for the reason the Fox in the hollow tree was unable to withdraw, as described in the text.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Fox · What happens: be, withdraw, describe · To what, where: reason, text

This is exam question 3 of lesson 139 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Frog, part 9: a run of short animal tales, each ending with a lesson» 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	Account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Account	nmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fox	det
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unable	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
9	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Fox	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 unable	cop
12	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 withdraw	mark
14	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unable	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 described	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 described	mark
17	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 withdraw	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 text	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 text	det
20	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 described	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Fox in the hollow tree	the reason not said here		unable property	tree rules
2	withdraw	to-infinitive	the Fox in the hollow tree not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	describe	participle	the Fox in the hollow tree not said here		the text		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

He was too weak to move.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 weak	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 weak	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 weak	advmod
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 move	mark
6	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 weak	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 weak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					weak property	tree rules
2	move	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He had grown too thin from long hunger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 thin	advmod
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grown	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 hunger	case
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hunger	amod
8	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thin	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	He					thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He had swollen after consuming the food he had devoured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swollen	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swollen	aux
3	swollen	swell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 consuming	mark
5	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 swollen	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 food	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consuming	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 devoured	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 devoured	aux
10	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 food	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	swell	past · perfect · passive		He	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent
2	consume	gerund		the food	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset
3	devour	past · perfect	he	the food not said here	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 4

The tree had shrunk around him after the long winter months.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tree	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrunk	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrunk	aux
4	shrunk	shrink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	around	around	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrunk	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	11 months	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 months	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 months	amod
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 months	compound
11	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shrunk	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shrunk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past · perfect	the tree				month	around him = he	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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