Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion in Love: a lion wins a cottager's…

Which action of the Cottager concluded the affair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Cottager · What happens: conclude, act · To what, where: affair

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concluded	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Cottager	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cottager	det
5	Cottager	cottager	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 affair	det
8	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concluded	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 concluded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	which action of the Cottager	the affair					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme
2	act		the Cottager						nom action «act 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

Throwing the Lion into the nearby river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lion	det
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Throwing	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
6	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 river	amod
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		the Lion				into the nearby river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer lion=Theme into river=Result

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

Driving the Lion away with his club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lion	det
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Driving	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Driving	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 club	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 club	nmod:poss
7	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Driving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive away	gerund		the Lion				with Lion's club; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme

Option 3

Chasing him off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chasing	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Chasing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase off	gerund		him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Locking the Lion inside the cottage door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locking	lock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Lion	det
3	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Locking	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Locking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	gerund		the Lion		the cottage door			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Patient

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