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Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Boar and other fables, pa…

Which of the following most accurately describes the purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: proposal, Fox · What happens: follow, describe, purpose, propose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 4 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

nsubjcasedetadvmodadvmodadvcldetobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodcasedetamodnmodpunctrootWhichPRONofADPtheDETfollowingVERBmostADVaccuratelyADVdescribesVERBtheDETpurposeNOUNofADPtheDETFoxNOUN'sPARTproposalNOUNtoADPtheDETotherADJFoxesNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel4 followingnsubj
2ofofADP_4 followingcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 followingdet
4followingfollowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5mostmostADVDegree=Sup6 accuratelyadvmod
6accuratelyaccuratelyADV_7 describesadvmod
7describesdescribeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 followingadvcl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 purposedet
9purposepurposeNOUNNumber=Sing7 describesobj
10ofofADP_14 proposalcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Foxdet
12FoxfoxNOUNNumber=Sing14 proposalnmod:poss
13's'sPART_12 Foxcase
14proposalproposalNOUNNumber=Sing9 purposenmod
15totoADP_18 Foxescase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Foxesdet
17otherotherADJDegree=Pos18 Foxesamod
18FoxesfoxNOUNNumber=Plur14 proposalnmod
19??PUNCT_4 followingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2describepresentthe purpose of the Fox's proposal to the other Foxesaccurately propertyvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
3purposethe Fox's proposal to the other Foxesnom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4proposethe Foxto the other Foxesnom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=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

To spread attention to his own fortune

markobjcasenmod:possamodoblrootToPARTspreadVERBattentionNOUNtoADPhisPRONownADJfortuneNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 spreadmark
2spreadspreadVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing2 spreadobj
4totoADP_7 fortunecase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 fortunenmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 fortuneamod
7fortunefortuneNOUNNumber=Sing2 spreadobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spreadto-infinitiveattentionto his own fortunevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location attention=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To divert attention from his own misfortune

markobjcasenmod:possamodoblrootToPARTdivertVERBattentionNOUNfromADPhisPRONownADJmisfortuneNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 divertmark
2divertdivertVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing2 divertobj
4fromfromADP_7 misfortunecase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 misfortunenmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 misfortuneamod
7misfortunemisfortuneNOUNNumber=Sing2 divertobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1divertto-infinitiveattentionhis own misfortunevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attention=Experiencer

Option 3

To hide his tail

marknmod:possobjrootToPARThideVERBhisPRONtailNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 hidemark
2hidehideVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 tailnmod:poss
4tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing2 hideobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hideto-infinitivehis tailvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient

Option 4

To deflect blame from his own cunning

markobjcasenmod:possamodoblrootToPARTdeflectVERBblameNOUNfromADPhisPRONownADJcunningNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 deflectmark
2deflectdeflectVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3blameblameNOUNNumber=Sing2 deflectobj
4fromfromADP_7 cunningcase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 cunningnmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 cunningamod
7cunningcunningNOUNNumber=Sing2 deflectobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1deflectto-infinitiveblamehis own cunningvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blame=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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