Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Which of the following most accurately describes the conduct of the Eagle toward the Tortoise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, Eagle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 140 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, part 10: animals and a Man quarrel, learn small lessons and get their comeuppance» 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 describes	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Eagle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Eagle	det
12	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 Tortoise	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Tortoise	det
15	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the conduct of the Eagle	toward the Tortoise; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		the Eagle	toward the Tortoise	nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient toward=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 · ← Mova's choice

He yielded to the Tortoise's pleading and lifted him high into the air above the rocks, where he could see the whole valley

The tree, 24 words

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	2 yielded	nsubj
2	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 pleading	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Tortoise	det
5	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 pleading	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Tortoise	case
7	pleading	pleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yielded	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lifted	cc
9	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yielded	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lifted	obj
11	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 lifted	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 air	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 air	det
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lifted	obl
15	above	above	ADP	_	17 rocks	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rocks	det
17	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lifted	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 see	punct
19	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 see	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 see	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 see	aux
22	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 rocks	acl:relcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 valley	det
24	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 valley	amod
25	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	yield	past	He			to the Tortoise's pleading	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pleading=Theme
2	lift	past	He not said here	him = he	the air	above the rocks; high property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into air=Destination above rock=Initial_Location
3	see	could	he	the whole valley			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer valley=Stimulus
4	plead		the Tortoise				nom pleading «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He yielded to threat and lifted the Tortoise down

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	2 yielded	nsubj
2	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 threat	mark
4	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yielded	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lifted	cc
6	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yielded	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Tortoise	det
8	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifted	obj
9	down	down	ADV	_	6 lifted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	past	He						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lift down	past	He not said here	the Tortoise				down property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Theme

Option 3

He pitied the Tortoise's shell and resolved to carry him home to the pond, though he never did so in the end

The tree, 23 words

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	2 pitied	nsubj
2	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Tortoise	det
4	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shell	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Tortoise	case
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pitied	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 resolved	cc
8	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pitied	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 carry	mark
10	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 resolved	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carry	obj
12	home	home	ADV	_	10 carry	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 pond	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pond	det
15	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carry	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 did	punct
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 did	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 did	nsubj
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 did	advmod
20	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pitied	conj
21	so	so	ADV	_	20 did	advmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 end	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 end	det
24	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pity	past	He	the Tortoise's shell				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shell=Stimulus
2	resolve	past	He not said here					tree rules
3	carry	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he	the pond		home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to pond=Destination
4	not do	past	he			in the end		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He yielded to entreaty and lifted the Tortoise aloft

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	2 yielded	nsubj
2	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 entreaty	case
4	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yielded	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lifted	cc
6	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yielded	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Tortoise	det
8	Tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifted	obj
9	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lifted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	past	He					to entreaty	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to entreaty=Theme
2	lift	past	He not said here	the Tortoise				aloft property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Theme

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