Exam question 3 · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

What reason did the little hyaena give her father for the destruction of the tribe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little hyaena · What happens: give, destroy · To what, where: father, tribe

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 give	obl
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hyaena	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hyaena	amod
6	hyaena	hyaena	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 destruction	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 destruction	det
12	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 tribe	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tribe	det
15	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 destruction	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	the little hyaena	hyaena's father				for the destruction of the tribe	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent father=Theme for destruction=Asset
2	destroy			the tribe					nom destruction «act 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

A wretched beast that had stolen the skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beast	det
2	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beast	amod
3	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stolen	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stolen	aux
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beast	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stolen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect · passive		a wretched beast					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary skin=Theme

Option 2

A tiny creature dressed in the lion's skin who had tricked the whole tribe into the boiling pot

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 creature	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tricked	nsubj:pass
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 creature	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lion	case
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 tricked	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 tricked	aux
12	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tribe	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tribe	amod
15	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tricked	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	19 pot	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pot	det
18	boiling	boiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pot	compound
19	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle		a tiny creature not said here		the lion's skin			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trick	past · perfect · passive		a tiny creature		the boiling pot			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A tiny creature dressed in the lion's skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 creature	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 creature	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lion	case
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle		a tiny creature not said here		the lion's skin			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A tiny creature dressed in the lion's skin that had come to the valley from the far mountains

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 creature	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 creature	amod
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 creature	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 skin	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lion	det
7	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lion	case
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 come	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 creature	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 valley	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 valley	det
15	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 mountains	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 mountains	det
18	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mountains	amod
19	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	participle		a tiny creature not said here		the lion's skin			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	past · perfect	a tiny creature			the far mountains		to the valley	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to valley=Initial_Location from mountain=Destination

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