Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Dolphin: a pet monkey i…

Explain the significance of the crow's final lament in relation to the perils of greed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, crow · What happens: explain, lament, peril · To what, where: significance, perils, relation, greed

This is exam question 3 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 lament	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crow	det
6	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lament	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 crow	case
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lament	amod
9	lament	lament	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 relation	case
11	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 perils	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 perils	det
14	perils	peril	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Explain	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 greed	case
16	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 perils	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the crow's final lament	the perils of greed	relation	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent significance=Topic to peril=Recipient
2	lament		the crow				nom lament «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	peril			greed			nom peril «state transitive»: of=patient

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

The crow perishes because it sought an apparent advantage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perishes	nsubj
3	perishes	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 sought	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sought	nsubj
6	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 perishes	ccomp
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 advantage	det
8	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 advantage	amod
9	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	present	the crow						tree rules
2	seek	past	crow	a apparent advantage					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme

Option 2

The crow dies because it grabbed an apparent prize without caution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dies	nsubj
3	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 grabbed	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grabbed	nsubj
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dies	advcl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prize	det
8	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prize	amod
9	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obj
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 caution	case
11	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	the crow						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	grab	past	crow	a apparent prize				without caution	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

Option 3

The crow flew too close to the snake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 close	advmod
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flew	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 snake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snake	det
8	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the crow					close property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The crow perishes because it grasped at a prize that was never really its own

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crow	det
2	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perishes	nsubj
3	perishes	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 grasped	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grasped	nsubj
6	grasped	grasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 perishes	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 prize	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prize	det
9	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grasped	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 own	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 own	cop
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 really	advmod
13	really	really	ADV	_	15 own	advmod
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prize	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	perish	present	the crow			tree rules
2	grasp	past	crow	a prize		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	a prize		own property	tree rules

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