Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox: a sly Fox…
According to the Lion's division of the spoil, which portion did he reserve for himself in his capacity as King?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lion · What happens: accord, reserve · To what, where: capacity
This is exam question 3 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 division | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Lion | det |
| 4 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 division | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Lion | case |
| 6 | division | division | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reserve | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spoil | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spoil | det |
| 9 | spoil | spoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 division | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 portion | punct |
| 11 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 12 portion | det |
| 12 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spoil | conj |
| 13 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 reserve | aux |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 reserve | nsubj |
| 15 | reserve | reserve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 himself | case |
| 17 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 reserve | obl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 capacity | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 capacity | nmod:poss |
| 20 | capacity | capacity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reserve | obl |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 King | case |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 capacity | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 reserve | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | reserve | past · do-support | Lion | Lion's capacity as King | accord the Lion's division of the spoil and which portion; for Lion | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for himself=Beneficiary |
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 first share, which he took as his royal entitlement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 share | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 share | amod |
| 3 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 took | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 took | nsubj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 took | nsubj |
| 7 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 entitlement | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 entitlement | nmod:poss |
| 10 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 entitlement | amod |
| 11 | entitlement | entitlement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the first share | as share's royal entitlement | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as entitlement=Attribute |
Option 2
The largest portion, which he seized by virtue of his office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 portion | det |
| 2 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 portion | amod |
| 3 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seized | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 seized | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 seized | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 seized | nsubj |
| 7 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 virtue | case |
| 9 | virtue | virtue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seized | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 office | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 office | nmod:poss |
| 12 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 virtue | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past | the largest portion | by virtue of portion's office | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The first portion, which he claimed by right of sovereignty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 portion | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 portion | amod |
| 3 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 claimed | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 7 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 portion | acl:relcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 right | case |
| 9 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 claimed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sovereignty | case |
| 11 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 right | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | past | the first portion | by right of sovereignty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The first portion, which he claimed by right of sovereignty and royal privilege over the others
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 portion | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 portion | amod |
| 3 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 claimed | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 7 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 right | case |
| 9 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 claimed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sovereignty | case |
| 11 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 right | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 privilege | cc |
| 13 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 privilege | amod |
| 14 | privilege | privilege | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sovereignty | conj |
| 15 | over | over | ADP | _ | 17 others | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 others | det |
| 17 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 claimed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | past | the first portion | the others | by right of sovereignty and royal privilege | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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