Exam question 3 · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Identify the character who was instructed by his master to call for assistance in the event of a predatory attack.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, master · What happens: identify, instruct, call · To what, where: character · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 instructed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 instructed	aux:pass
6	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 character	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 master	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 master	nmod:poss
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 instructed	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 call	mark
11	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 instructed	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 assistance	case
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 call	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 event	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 event	det
16	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 assistance	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 attack	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 attack	det
19	predatory	predatory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 attack	amod
20	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 event	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the character		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme
2	instruct speech: other	past · passive	his master	the character		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	call	to-infinitive	his master not said here		for assistance in the event of a predatory attack	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for assistance=Recipient

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 Shepherd Boy and his faithful dog, who guarded the sheep in the pasture

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	3 Boy	det
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Boy	compound
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 guarded	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dog	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dog	amod
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Boy	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 guarded	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 guarded	nsubj
10	guarded	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sheep	det
12	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 guarded	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 pasture	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pasture	det
15	pasture	pasture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	past	the Shepherd Boy and his faithful dog		the sheep	the pasture			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Beneficiary

Option 2

The Village Baker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Baker	det
2	Village	Village	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Baker	compound
3	Baker	Baker	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Shepherd Boy's master, who owned the flock and lived in the village

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	3 Boy	det
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Boy	compound
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 master	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Boy	case
5	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owned	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 owned	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 owned	nsubj
8	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flock	det
10	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owned	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lived	cc
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 owned	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 village	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	past	the Shepherd Boy's master	the flock					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot flock=Theme
2	live	past	the Shepherd Boy's master not said here			the village			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Shepherd Boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Boy	det
2	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Boy	compound
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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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