Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight s…
Describe the consequence suffered by the Wolf after his attempt to remove the thorn from the Ass's foot.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: describe, suffer, remove, attempt · To what, where: consequence, thorn, foot
This is exam question 4 of lesson 146 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer and the Stork, part 16: eight short animal tales about greed, pride, and bad company» 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 consequence | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 Wolf | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Wolf | det |
| 7 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 suffered | obl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 attempt | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 attempt | nmod:poss |
| 10 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suffered | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 remove | mark |
| 12 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 attempt | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 thorn | det |
| 14 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remove | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 foot | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Ass | det |
| 17 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 foot | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Ass | case |
| 19 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remove | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the consequence | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | ||||
| 2 | suffer | participle | the consequence not said here | after his attempt | by the Wolf | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | remove | to-infinitive | the thorn | the Ass's foot | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from foot=Source | ||||
| 4 | attempt | his = he | nom attempt «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
His teeth were broken by a kick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 kick | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kick | det |
| 7 | kick | kick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | a kick | His teeth | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
Option 2
His jaw was broken by a bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 jaw | nmod:poss |
| 2 | jaw | jaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 bite | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bite | det |
| 7 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | a bite | His jaw | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
Option 3
His ears were torn by a stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 ears | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 torn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 torn | aux:pass |
| 4 | torn | tear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 stone | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stone | det |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 torn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear | past · passive | a stone | His ears | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme |
Option 4
His teeth were broken by a kick from the Ass's hind legs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 kick | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kick | det |
| 7 | kick | kick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 legs | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Ass | det |
| 10 | Ass | Ass | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 legs | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Ass | case |
| 12 | hind | hind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 legs | amod |
| 13 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broken | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past · passive | a kick | His teeth | from the Ass's hind legs | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from leg=Co-Patient |
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