Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string o…
Which creature did the Hound pursue in the forest before encountering the lion?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: creature, Hound · What happens: do, pursue, encounter · To what, where: Hound, forest, lion
This is exam question 2 of lesson 149 «Aesop's Fables, The Bull and the Calf, part 19: a string of short fables where clever and foolish creatures and people get their just deserts» 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 creature | det |
| 2 | creature | creature | 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 Hound | det |
| 5 | Hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | pursue | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Hound | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 forest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 forest | det |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 encountering | mark |
| 11 | encountering | encounter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 did | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lion | det |
| 13 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 encountering | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which creature | the Hound | the forest | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | pursue | present | the Hound not said here | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | encounter | gerund | which creature not said here | the lion | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus |
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
A lesser game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | lesser | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 game | amod |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A young stag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stag | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stag | amod |
| 3 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Some rabbits and other small animals of the forest floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 rabbits | det |
| 2 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 animals | cc |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 animals | amod |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 animals | amod |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rabbits | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 floor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 floor | det |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 floor | compound |
| 10 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 animals | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A small deer that had wandered into the glade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 deer | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deer | amod |
| 3 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 wandered | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wandered | aux |
| 6 | wandered | wander | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 deer | acl:relcl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 glade | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 glade | det |
| 9 | glade | glade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wandered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | past · perfect · passive | a small deer | the glade | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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