Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fool…

In the fable concerning the Witch, what did the judge reproach her for?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fable, Witch · What happens: concern, do · To what, where: Witch, judge reproach

This is exam question 2 of lesson 155 «Aesop's Fables, The Quack Doctor, part 25: a sick man fools his doctor, and a fox outwits a lion» 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 fable	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fable	det
3	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fable	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Witch	det
6	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Witch	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reproach	det
11	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reproach	compound
12	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
14	for	for	ADP	_	9 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	the fable not said here	the Witch					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus witch=Experiencer
2	do	past	the Witch	the judge reproach					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Eventuality

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

Stealing from her neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 neighbours	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 neighbours	nmod:poss
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	gerund				her neighbours			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Failing to disarm men's enmity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 disarm	mark
3	disarm	disarm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Failing	xcomp
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 enmity	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 men	case
6	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disarm	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	gerund							vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not disarm	to-infinitive		men's enmity					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus enmity=Experiencer

Option 3

Failing to heal the sick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 heal	mark
3	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Failing	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sick	det
5	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 heal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	gerund							vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not heal	to-infinitive		the sick					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sick=Patient

Option 4

Failing her spells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 spells	nmod:poss
3	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Failing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	gerund		her spells					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Eventuality
2	spell		her = she						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

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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