Exam question 3 · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri…

Which action does Androclus perform upon the lion in the cave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform · To what, where: cave

This is exam question 3 of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» 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	5 perform	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Androclus	Androclus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 lion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cave	det
11	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	which action			the cave		upon the lion	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He extracts a thorn from its lame paw

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 extracts	nsubj
2	extracts	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thorn	det
4	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracts	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 paw	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 paw	nmod:poss
7	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 paw	amod
8	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	present	He	a thorn		thorn's lame paw			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from paw=Initial_Location

Option 2

He carefully works the long thorn out of the lame paw with his own hands, then binds it

The tree, 18 words

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	3 works	nsubj
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thorn	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thorn	amod
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	11 paw	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 paw	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 paw	det
10	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 paw	amod
11	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 hands	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hands	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hands	amod
15	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 paw	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 binds	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 binds	advmod
18	binds	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 works	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 binds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	He	the long thorn		the lame paw with his own hands		carefully property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent thorn=Material
2	bind	present	He not said here	thorn			then		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

He removes a splinter from its claw

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 removes	nsubj
2	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 splinter	det
4	splinter	splinter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 claw	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 claw	nmod:poss
7	claw	claw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	He	a splinter		splinter's claw			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme from claw=Source

Option 4

He washes the wound in a river and then wraps the lame paw in a cloth from his cloak

The tree, 19 words

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 washes	nsubj
2	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wound	det
4	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wraps	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 wraps	advmod
10	wraps	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 washes	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 paw	det
12	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 paw	amod
13	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wraps	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 cloth	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cloth	det
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wraps	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 cloak	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cloak	nmod:poss
19	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wraps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present	He	the wound		a river			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
2	wrap	present	He not said here	the lame paw		a cloth	then	from his cloak	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent paw=Theme in cloth=Destination

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