Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's…

Pursuant to the narrative, what was the Lion's principal motive for the proposed union?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative · What happens: be, propose · To what, where: principal motive

This is exam question 1 of lesson 152 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's daughter by giving up his teeth and claws» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 narrative	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 motive	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 motive	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 motive	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Lion	det
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 motive	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Lion	case
11	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 motive	amod
12	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	appos
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 union	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 union	det
15	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 union	amod
16	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 motive	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the narrative	the Lion's principal motive				for the proposed union	tree rules
2	propose	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

Passionate desire for the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passionate	passionate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passionate	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 girl	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passionate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	passionate	imperative	you not said here	desire				for the girl	tree rules

Option 2

Amorous attachment to the daughter, accompanied by a desire for wealth and power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attachment	amod
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 daughter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 daughter	det
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attachment	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 accompanied	punct
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 attachment	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 desire	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 desire	det
10	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accompanied	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 wealth	case
12	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 desire	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 power	cc
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 desire	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		Amorous attachment to the daughter not said here				by a desire for wealth and power	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by desire=Destination

Option 3

Amorous attachment to the daughter and the cottage's rich lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attachment	amod
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 daughter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 daughter	det
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attachment	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lands	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cottage	det
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lands	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cottage	case
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lands	amod
11	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attachment	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Amorous attachment to the daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amorous	amorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attachment	amod
2	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 daughter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 daughter	det
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attachment	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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