Exam question 4 · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

What reason does the dove give for refusing the jackal's demand the second time?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, dove, jackal · What happens: do, give, refuse, demand · To what, where: demand

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dove	det
5	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 refusing	mark
8	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jackal	det
10	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 demand	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 jackal	case
12	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refusing	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refusing	obl:unmarked
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	present	what reason			tree rules
2	give	present	the dove			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	refuse	gerund	the dove not said here	the jackal's demand	time	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Theme
4	demand		the jackal			nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

She knows they are beyond his reach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 are	nsubj
4	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 reach	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reach	nmod:poss
7	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 are	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	does	present	they			his reach			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond reach=Location

Option 2

She thinks he is lying to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thinks	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	present · progressive	he		her = she				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She knows they are beyond his reach and that he will never find them while the heron guards the river

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reach	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reach	cop
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	7 reach	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reach	nmod:poss
7	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 find	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 find	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 find	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 find	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 find	advmod
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knows	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 find	obj
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 guards	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 heron	det
17	heron	heron	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 guards	nsubj
18	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 find	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 guards	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	She			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	they		beyond his reach	tree rules
3	not find	future	he	them = they		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
4	guard	present	the heron	the river		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She is worried that the jackal will steal all of her babies if she gives him even one of them today

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worried	cop
3	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 steal	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jackal	det
6	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 steal	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 steal	aux
8	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 worried	advcl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 steal	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 babies	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 babies	nmod:poss
12	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 all	nmod
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 gives	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gives	nsubj
15	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 steal	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gives	iobj
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 one	advmod
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 gives	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 one	nmod
21	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 one	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			worried property	tree rules
2	steal	future	the jackal	all			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location all=Theme
3	give a condition, not said to happen	present	jackal	one of babies today	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=Theme

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