Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful…

In what manner does the Lark respond upon hearing the Farmer's stated intention?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lark respond, Farmer · What happens: do, hear, state, intend · To what, where: Lark respond, manner, stated intention

This is exam question 2 of lesson 144 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Ass, part 14: a boastful Ass, a robbed Prophet, and other clever beasts» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	Lark	Lark	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 hearing	mark
9	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 respond	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Farmer	det
11	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 intention	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Farmer	case
13	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 intention	amod
14	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present		the Lark respond	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	hear	gerund	the Lark respond not said here	the Farmer's stated intention		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer intention=Stimulus
3	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	intend		the Farmer			nom intention «cognition 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

She at once removes her young from the field and takes them to a safe place

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 removes	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 removes	obl
4	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 young	nmod:poss
6	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removes	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 removes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 takes	cc
11	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 removes	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 takes	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 place	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 place	det
15	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 place	amod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	She	her young		the field			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent young=Theme from field=Source
2	take	present	She not said here	them = they		a safe place			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to place=Destination

Option 2

She hurries her nestlings out of the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurries	nsubj
2	hurries	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nestlings	nmod:poss
4	nestlings	nestling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hurries	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 field	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	present	She	her nestlings		the field			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nestling=Theme out field=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She removes her young from the field forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 young	nmod:poss
4	young	young	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obl
8	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 field	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	She	her young		the field			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent young=Theme from field=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She carries her chicks off at once to safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 chicks	nmod:poss
4	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carries	obj
5	off	off	ADV	_	2 carries	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 carries	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 safety	mark
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 once	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	present	She	her chicks				off property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Theme

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