Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a to…

With reference to the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, state the nature of the meal first offered to the guest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: offer · To what, where: meal, guest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 145 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a town visit ends in fright» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 fable	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fable	det
5	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Mouse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mouse	det
8	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Mouse	compound
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fable	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Mouse	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mouse	det
12	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Mouse	compound
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Mouse	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
15	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Mouse	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 nature	det
17	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 meal	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 meal	det
20	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nature	nmod
21	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 offered	advmod
22	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 meal	acl
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 guest	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 guest	det
25	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 offered	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	participle		the meal not said here	the guest			first property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to guest=Goal

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

Bread and cheese

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cheese	cc
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Cheese and bread, the former having a distinctly sour and pungent flavour to it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bread	cc
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cheese	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flavour	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flavour	det
6	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 flavour	amod
7	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 flavour	aux
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 flavour	det
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	10 sour	advmod
10	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 flavour	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pungent	cc
12	pungent	pungent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sour	conj
13	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cheese	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 flavour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Barleycorns and roots, the latter having a distinctly earthy flavour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barleycorns	barleycorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 roots	cc
3	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Barleycorns	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 latter	det
6	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 having	nsubj
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Barleycorns	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 flavour	det
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	10 earthy	advmod
10	earthy	earthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flavour	amod
11	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	the latter	a earthy flavour					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient

Option 4

Nuts and berries only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 berries	cc
3	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nuts	conj
4	only	only	ADV	_	1 Nuts	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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