Exam question 2 · Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse:…

What was the principal reason the Country Mouse returned to her home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Country Mouse · What happens: be, return · To what, where: principal reason, home

This is exam question 2 of lesson 363 «Aesop for Children, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits her city cousin and flees a cat and dog» 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	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mouse	det
7	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mouse	compound
8	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 returned	nsubj
9	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 home	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returned	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason					tree rules
2	return	past	the Country Mouse	the principal reason not said here		Mouse's home			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reason=Theme to home=Destination

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

She found the city dangerous, and she preferred the safe and quiet life of her own country home.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 city	det
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 preferred	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 preferred	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 preferred	nsubj
9	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 life	det
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 life	amod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 quiet	cc
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 safe	conj
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 preferred	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 country	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 country	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 country	amod
18	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 life	nmod
19	home	home	ADV	_	9 preferred	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	She	the city				dangerous property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Topic
2	prefer	past	she	the safe life of her own country				home property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus

Option 2

She wanted peace over fancy food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	peace		fancy food			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peace=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She preferred security to luxury.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 preferred	nsubj
2	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preferred	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 luxury	case
5	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preferred	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 preferred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	past	She	security				to luxury	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer security=Stimulus

Option 4

She was frightened by the Cat, so she wanted to escape the noisy and dangerous luxury of the mansion.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	aux:pass
3	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Cat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frightened	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wanted	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 wanted	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 frightened	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 escape	mark
12	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 luxury	det
14	noisy	noisy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 luxury	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 dangerous	cc
16	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 noisy	conj
17	luxury	luxury	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 escape	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 mansion	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mansion	det
20	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 luxury	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 frightened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive	the Cat	She	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	want	past	Cat		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	Cat not said here	the noisy luxury of the mansion	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme luxury=Initial_Location

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