Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a…

What, according to the fable of the Two Goats, is the consequence of obstinate pride?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 366 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion, part 1: a sly Fox plots to trap his foolish Ass friend in a pit for a hungry Lion» 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	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fable	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 fable	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fable	det
6	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Goats	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Goats	det
9	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 Goats	nummod
10	Goats	Goat	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 fable	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 consequence	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 consequence	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consequence	det
14	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	appos
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 pride	case
16	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 pride	amod
17	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consequence	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the consequence				of obstinate pride	tree rules

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

Both fall to the rocks below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 fall	nsubj
2	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 rocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rocks	det
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fall	obl
6	below	below	ADV	_	2 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	Both					to the rocks; below property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to rock=Theme

Option 2

They fight until one is pushed in

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 fight	nsubj
2	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 pushed	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pushed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pushed	aux:pass
6	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fight	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 pushed	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present	They						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	push in	present · passive		one					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They climb back up the cliff together and laugh about it, but the pride is still there

The tree, 17 words

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 climb	nsubj
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 climb	advmod
4	up	up	ADP	_	6 cliff	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cliff	det
6	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obl
7	together	together	ADV	_	2 climb	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 laugh	cc
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 climb	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 laugh	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 there	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 there	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pride	det
15	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 there	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 there	cop
17	still	still	ADV	_	18 there	advmod
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 climb	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb back	present	They	the cliff		together property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up cliff=Trajectory
2	laugh	present	They not said here			about cliff	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the pride		still	there property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both Goats fall into the torrent and are swept away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Goats	det
2	Goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 torrent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 torrent	det
6	torrent	torrent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 swept	cc
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 swept	aux:pass
9	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fall	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 swept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	both Goats					into the torrent result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into torrent=Result
2	sweep away	present · passive	both Goats not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»

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