Exam question 1 · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

Which action did the hare perform in order to obtain the lion's skin as a disguise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, obtain · To what, where: skin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» 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 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 obtain	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 obtain	mark
10	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 perform	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lion	det
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 skin	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 lion	case
14	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtain	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 disguise	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 disguise	det
17	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtain	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action						tree rules
2	obtain	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the lion's skin				as a disguise	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skin=Theme

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

He crawled in through the tail hole of the skin

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 crawled	nsubj
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 crawled	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 hole	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	compound
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crawled	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 skin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 skin	det
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	past	He			the tail hole of the skin			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hole=Trajectory

Option 2

He wore the skin

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 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skin	det
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	He	the skin					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent skin=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He propped the mouth of the skin open with sticks

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 propped	nsubj
2	propped	prop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mouth	det
4	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 propped	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 skin	det
7	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mouth	nmod
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 propped	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 sticks	case
10	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prop	past	He	the mouth of the skin				open property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He tied the skin around his waist

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skin	det
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 waist	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 waist	nmod:poss
7	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	the skin		his waist			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient

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