Exam question 2 · 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, identify the circumstance that caused the guests to retreat from the larder.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, circumstance, guests · What happens: identify, cause, retreat · To what, where: circumstance, guests, larder

This is exam question 2 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	15 identify	obl
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	_	2 reference	punct
15	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 circumstance	det
17	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 identify	obj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 caused	nsubj
19	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 circumstance	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 guests	det
21	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 caused	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 retreat	mark
23	retreat	retreat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 caused	xcomp
24	from	from	ADP	_	26 larder	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 larder	det
26	larder	larder	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 retreat	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance		with reference to the fable of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	cause	past	the circumstance	the guests			tree rules
3	retreat	to-infinitive	the guests not said here		the larder		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from larder=Initial_Location

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

The entry of some other person into the larder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 entry	det
2	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 person	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 person	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entry	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 larder	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 larder	det
9	larder	larder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter			some other person		the larder			nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient into=place

Option 2

The sudden noise of a servant's footsteps outside the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 noise	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 noise	amod
3	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 footsteps	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 footsteps	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 servant	case
8	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 noise	nmod
9	outside	outside	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 footsteps	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	noise		a servant's footsteps outside the door						nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

A loud knock at the front door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knock	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knock	amod
3	knock	knock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knock	nmod

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

Option 4

The noise of some other creature trying to come into the larder through the open window

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	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 creature	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 creature	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 creature	amod
6	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noise	nmod
7	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 noise	appos
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 trying	xcomp
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 larder	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 larder	det
12	larder	larder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl
13	through	through	ADP	_	16 window	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 window	amod
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	try	gerund				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive		the larder	through the open window	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into larder=Initial_Location through window=Destination
3	noise		some other creature			nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

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