Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance,…

Which of the following describes the outcome of the Camel's attempt to dance before the assembly of beasts?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Camel · What happens: follow, describe, dance, attempt · To what, where: outcome, assembly

This is exam question 1 of lesson 147 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 outcome	det
7	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 attempt	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Camel	det
10	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attempt	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Camel	case
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 outcome	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 dance	mark
14	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempt	acl
15	before	before	ADP	_	17 assembly	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 assembly	det
17	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dance	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 beasts	case
19	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 assembly	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the Camel's attempt		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	dance	to-infinitive			the assembly of beasts	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before assembly=Location
4	attempt		the Camel			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

He was given a warm welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 welcome	det
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 welcome	amod
6	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient welcome=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was driven away with ridicule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 driven	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 driven	aux:pass
3	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 driven	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 ridicule	case
6	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive away	past · passive		He				with ridicule; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He was praised with applause

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 praised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 praised	aux:pass
3	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 applause	case
5	applause	applause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past · passive		He				with applause	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He was crowned king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 crowned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 crowned	aux:pass
3	crowned	crown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 crowned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crown	past · passive		He					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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