Exam question 2 · The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dan…

Which of the following accurately states the means by which the Shepherd Dogs became aware of the Wolf's presence?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, Shepherd Dogs · What happens: follow, state, mean, become · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 362 «The Æsop for Children, The Wolf and the Kid: a kid who dances for a wolf is saved by the Shepherd Dogs» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 states	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 became	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Dogs	det
12	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Dogs	compound
13	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 became	nsubj
14	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
15	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 became	xcomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 presence	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Wolf	det
18	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 presence	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Wolf	case
20	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 aware	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	become	past	the Shepherd Dogs	aware property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

They spotted the wolf prowling near the big gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj
5	prowling	prowl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 wolf	acl
6	near	near	ADP	_	9 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gate	amod
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prowling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	They	the wolf					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wolf=Destination
2	prowl	gerund	the wolf not said here			the big gate			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near gate=Trajectory

Option 2

They smelled the meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smelled	nsubj
2	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meat	det
4	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smelled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	They	the meat					vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meat=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They recognized the feast-song carried through the still evening air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recognized	nsubj
2	recognized	recognize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 song	det
4	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 song	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 feast	punct
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognized	obj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 song	acl
8	through	through	ADP	_	12 air	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 air	advmod
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 air	compound
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognize	past	They	the feast song					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
2	carry	participle		the feast song not said here		the evening air			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They heard a loud crash in the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crash	det
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crash	amod
5	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	They	a loud crash		the field			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crash=Stimulus

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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