Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 2…

In the tale of the Thief and the Innkeeper, what device does the Thief employ to obtain the Innkeeper's garment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Thief · What happens: employ, obtain, tell · To what, where: tale, garment · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 150 «Aesop's Fables, The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, part 20: the boy's sling sends the rooks flying from the wheat field» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 employ	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Thief	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Thief	det
6	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tale	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Innkeeper	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Innkeeper	det
9	Innkeeper	Innkeeper	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Thief	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 does	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 does	obj
12	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 does	nsubj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 employ	aux
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Thief	det
15	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 does	obj
16	employ	employ	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	to	to	PART	_	18 obtain	mark
18	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 employ	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Innkeeper	det
20	Innkeeper	Innkeeper	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 garment	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Innkeeper	case
22	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 obtain	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 employ	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	employ	present · do-support			the tale of the Thief and the Innkeeper	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	obtain	to-infinitive		the Innkeeper's garment		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset garment=Theme
3	tell		the Thief and the Innkeeper			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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

He feigns a series of yawns and a howl, claiming a transformation into a wolf.

The tree, 15 words

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 feigns	nsubj
2	feigns	feign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 series	det
4	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feigns	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 yawns	case
6	yawns	yawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 series	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 howl	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 howl	det
9	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 yawns	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 claiming	punct
11	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 feigns	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 transformation	det
13	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 claiming	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 wolf	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wolf	det
16	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 claiming	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feigns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	present	He	a series of yawns and a howl					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent series=Patient
2	claim speech: other	gerund	He not said here	a transformation		a wolf			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent transformation=Topic

Option 2

He mimics a wolf's cry while stealing the innkeeper's coat from the hook by the door

The tree, 18 words

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 mimics	nsubj
2	mimics	mimic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 wolf	case
6	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mimics	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 stealing	mark
8	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 mimics	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 innkeeper	det
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coat	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 innkeeper	case
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stealing	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 hook	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hook	det
15	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stealing	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mimic	present	He	a wolf's cry			tree rules
2	steal	gerund	He not said here	the innkeeper's coat	the hook	by the door	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent coat=Theme from hook=Source
3	cry		a wolf				nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He pretends to be a sleeping guest who wakes and steals the innkeeper's garment at once

The tree, 17 words

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 pretends	nsubj
2	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 guest	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 guest	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 guest	det
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guest	compound
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretends	ccomp
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wakes	nsubj
9	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 guest	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 steals	cc
11	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wakes	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 innkeeper	det
13	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 garment	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 innkeeper	case
15	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 steals	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 pretends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pretend	present	He		tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	a sleeping guest	tree rules
3	wake	present	a sleeping guest		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	steal	present	a sleeping guest not said here	the innkeeper's garment	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location garment=Theme

Option 4

He pretends to be asleep and steals the coat.

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 pretends	nsubj
2	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 asleep	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 asleep	cop
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pretends	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 steals	cc
7	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pretends	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coat	det
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 steals	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	present	He			tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here		asleep property	tree rules
3	steal	present	He not said here	the coat		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coat=Theme

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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