Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives t…

With reference to the passage, explain why the Brahman was unable to receive a clear judgment from the jackal.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Brahman · What happens: explain, be, receive · To what, where: clear judgment · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1829 «Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives the wicked Raja, and the couple escape to King Dantal's palace» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 unable	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Brahman	det
10	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 unable	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 unable	cop
12	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 explain	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 receive	mark
14	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unable	xcomp
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 judgment	det
16	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 judgment	amod
17	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 receive	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 jackal	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 jackal	det
20	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 judgment	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		with reference to the passage	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Brahman		unable property	tree rules
3	receive	to-infinitive	the Brahman not said here	a clear judgment	from the jackal	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme from jackal=Source

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

The jackal's wits were slow, and the tale would not stay in his mind

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 jackal	det
2	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wits	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 jackal	case
4	wits	wit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 slow	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 slow	cop
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stay	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stay	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tale	det
10	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stay	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 stay	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 stay	advmod
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slow	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 mind	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mind	nmod:poss
16	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the jackal's wits		slow property	tree rules
2	not stay	would	the tale	tale's mind		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mind=Location
3	mind		tale			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The jackal was distracted by a buffalo at the well and forgot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jackal	det
2	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distracted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distracted	aux:pass
4	distracted	distract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 buffalo	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 buffalo	det
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distracted	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 well	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 well	det
10	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distracted	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 forgot	cc
12	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distracted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distract	past · passive	a buffalo	the jackal		the well			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	forget	past	a buffalo not said here						tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The jackal wanted to eat the tiger and the Brahman, so he refused to think about the judgment at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jackal	det
2	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 eat	mark
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tiger	det
7	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Brahman	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Brahman	det
10	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tiger	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 refused	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 refused	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 refused	nsubj
14	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 think	mark
16	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 refused	xcomp
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 judgment	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 judgment	det
19	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 think	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 judgment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	the jackal			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	the jackal not said here	the tiger and the Brahman		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Patient
3	refuse	past	jackal			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not think speech: other	to-infinitive	jackal not said here		about the judgment at all	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about judgment=Topic

Option 4

The tale was told in a language the jackal did not know well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 language	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 language	det
7	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 jackal	det
9	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 language	acl:relcl
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		the tale		a language			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	not know	past · do-support	the jackal	a language not said here				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus

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