Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

Which of the following best describes the monkey's conduct towards the dolphin when questioned regarding the port?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: follow, describe, question, regard, conduct · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 1 of lesson 153 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey is carried ashore on a dolphin's back, then lies about his family and drowns.» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 questioned	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 monkey	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 dolphin	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dolphin	det
13	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 questioned	advmod
15	questioned	question	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 port	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 port	det
18	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 questioned	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 questioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the monkey's conduct	of the best; towards the dolphin	tree rules
3	question speech: other	participle			regard the port	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	conduct		the monkey		towards the dolphin	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent towards=obl

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

He boasted of his knowledge of Athens and asked the dolphin for a reward

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 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 knowledge	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knowledge	nmod:poss
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boasted	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Athens	case
7	Athens	Athens	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 knowledge	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 boasted	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dolphin	det
11	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 reward	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 reward	det
14	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	He					of his knowledge of Athens	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here		the dolphin			for a reward	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dolphin=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He falsely claimed familiarity with the Piræus

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	3 claimed	nsubj
2	falsely	falsely	ADV	_	3 claimed	advmod
3	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	familiarity	familiarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 claimed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 Piræus	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Piræus	det
7	Piræus	Piræus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 claimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He	familiarity				with the Piræus; falsely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent familiarity=Topic

Option 3

He claimed to be a famous Athenian who knew the Piræus well

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 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 Athenian	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 Athenian	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Athenian	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Athenian	amod
7	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 claimed	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Athenian	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Piræus	det
11	Piræus	Piræus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 knew	obj
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 knew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive		a famous Athenian		tree rules
3	know	past	a famous Athenian	the Piræus	well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer piræus=Stimulus

Option 4

He denied knowing the Athenian port

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 denied	nsubj
2	denied	deny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	knowing	know	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 denied	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 port	det
5	Athenian	Athenian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 port	compound
6	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knowing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deny	past	He						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	know	gerund	He not said here	the Athenian port					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer port=Stimulus

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