Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…

What was the principal consequence of the timid Soldier's conduct once the Robber had departed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Soldier · What happens: be, depart, conduct · To what, where: principal consequence, Robber

This is exam question 2 of lesson 142 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox steals a kid while two beasts lie wounded» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
8	timid	timid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conduct	amod
9	Soldier	Soldier	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Soldier	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	once	once	SCONJ	_	16 departed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Robber	det
14	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 departed	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 departed	aux
16	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 conduct	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence	of Soldier's timid conduct	tree rules
2	depart	past · perfect · passive		the Robber		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location
3	conduct		Soldier			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He returned and made threatening statements to the absent Robber

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 made	cc
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
5	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 made	xcomp
6	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 threatening	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 Robber	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Robber	det
9	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Robber	amod
10	Robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 threatening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	return	past	He			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	He not said here			tree rules
3	threaten	gerund	He not said here	statements	to the absent Robber	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer

Option 2

He returned and issued threats against the Robber who had gone

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 issued	cc
4	issued	issue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
5	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 issued	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 Robber	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Robber	det
8	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 threats	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gone	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gone	aux
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 threats	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	return	past	He			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	issue	past	He not said here	threats	against the Robber	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location threat=Theme
3	go	past · perfect	threats			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He came back to the place where the fight had been and made many loud threatening statements to the absent Robber

The tree, 21 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 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 place	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 been	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fight	det
9	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 been	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 been	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 place	acl:relcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 made	cc
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 statements	amod
15	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 statements	amod
16	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 statements	amod
17	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 made	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 Robber	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Robber	det
20	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Robber	amod
21	Robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come back	past	He		the place		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
2	make	past	He not said here	many loud threatening statements		to the absent Robber	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset statement=Product
3	threaten	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He returned and loudly made threatening statements to the Robber, who had already departed far away

The tree, 16 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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 made	cc
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
6	threatening	threaten	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 made	xcomp
7	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 threatening	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Robber	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Robber	det
10	Robber	Robber	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 threatening	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 departed	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 departed	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 departed	aux
14	already	already	ADV	_	15 departed	advmod
15	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Robber	acl:relcl
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	15 departed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	return	past	He			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	past	He not said here		loudly property	tree rules
3	threaten	gerund	He not said here	statements	to the Robber	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus statement=Experiencer
4	depart	past · perfect · passive		the Robber	away property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location

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