Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance,…

Which action did the Shepherd take in response to the Jackdaw's attempt?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Shepherd, Jackdaw · What happens: do, take in, attempt · To what, where: response, attempt

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Shepherd	det
5	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 attempt	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Jackdaw	det
11	Jackdaw	Jackdaw	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 attempt	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Jackdaw	case
13	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	take in	present	the Shepherd	response	the Jackdaw's attempt	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent response=Theme to attempt=Destination
3	attempt		the Jackdaw			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 tied its feet and took it home

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	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 took	cc
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	its feet					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient
2	take	past	He not said here	it				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

He clipped its wings and took it home

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	2 clipped	nsubj
2	clipped	clip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clipped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 took	cc
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 clipped	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clip	past	He	its wings					vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	take	past	He not said here	it				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He plucked its feathers and sold it

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	2 plucked	nsubj
2	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feathers	nmod:poss
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plucked	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sold	cc
6	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 plucked	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pluck	past	He	its feathers					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
2	sell	past	He not said here	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He let it go free

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	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	He	it					tree rules
2	go	infinitive						free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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