Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part…

Which creature did the bear mistake for an advancing army?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creature · What happens: do · To what, where: bear mistake

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1936 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The War of the Wolf and the Fox, part 73: the cruel brothers are banished, and the old cat and dog join the fox's war» 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 creature	det
2	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mistake	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mistake	compound
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 army	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 army	det
9	advancing	advancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 army	compound
10	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mistake	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which creature	the bear mistake				for a advancing army	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=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

The fox, who was carrying a huge banner and a lance into the field

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 carrying	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carrying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 carrying	aux
6	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fox	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 banner	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 banner	amod
9	banner	banner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carrying	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lance	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lance	det
12	lance	lance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 banner	conj
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 field	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 field	det
15	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · progressive	the fox	a huge banner and a lance		the field			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The boar with his sharp tusks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boar	det
2	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 tusks	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tusks	nmod:poss
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tusks	amod
6	tusks	tusk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boar	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The wolf, carrying a big stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wolf	punct
4	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	the wolf	a big stick					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The cat, carrying her tail erect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 carrying	punct
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cat	acl
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tail	nmod:poss
6	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj
7	erect	erect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carrying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	the cat not said here	cat's tail				erect property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

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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