Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog i…

What was the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies, according to the account given in the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, infusion · What happens: be, accord, give, purpose · To what, where: account, text

This is exam question 3 of lesson 141 «Aesop's Fables, The Blacksmith and His Dog: the lazy dog is fed only when the work stops» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 infusion	case
6	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 infusion	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Mercury	case
8	infusion	infusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 lies	case
10	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 infusion	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 account	punct
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 account	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 account	det
15	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lies	nmod
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 account	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 text	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 text	det
19	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 given	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the purpose of Mercury's infusion of lies accord the account			tree rules
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle		the account not said here	the text	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	purpose		Mercury's infusion of lies accord the account			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To be poured into the mead of the Tradesmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 poured	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 poured	aux:pass
3	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 mead	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mead	det
6	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Tradesmen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Tradesmen	det
9	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mead	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	to-infinitive · passive				the mead of the Tradesmen			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: into mead=Location

Option 2

To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen, so that every one of them would cheat the buyers

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 added	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	aux:pass
3	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ingredients	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ingredients	det
6	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 added	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Tradesmen	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 Tradesmen	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Tradesmen	det
10	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ingredients	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cheat	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 cheat	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cheat	nsubj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 one	nmod
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cheat	aux
19	cheat	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 buyers	det
21	buyers	buyer	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 cheat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive						to the ingredients of all Tradesmen	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to ingredient=Co-Patient
2	cheat	would	every one of Tradesmen	the buyers					vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buyer=Source

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

To be added to the ingredients of all the Tradesmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 added	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	aux:pass
3	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ingredients	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ingredients	det
6	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 added	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Tradesmen	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 Tradesmen	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Tradesmen	det
10	Tradesmen	tradesman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ingredients	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	to-infinitive · passive						to the ingredients of all Tradesmen	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to ingredient=Co-Patient

Option 4

To be given to all the gods of Olympus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 given	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 gods	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 gods	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gods	det
7	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Olympus	case
9	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive · passive			all gods of Olympus				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to god=Recipient

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