Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excu…

To which party does the Lamb attribute the upstream position in the dispute?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: Lamb attribute

This is exam question 2 of lesson 367 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the Lamb: a Wolf invents excuses to eat a Lamb» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 party	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 party	det
3	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attribute	det
6	Lamb	Lamb	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	compound
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 position	det
9	upstream	upstream	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 position	amod
10	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 dispute	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dispute	det
13	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 position	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the Lamb attribute				to which party	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

The herd, who was nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herd	det
2	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 nearby	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 nearby	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nearby	cop
6	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	2 herd	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the herd					nearby property	tree rules

Option 2

The Wolf, who was upstream of the Lamb and muddying the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Wolf	det
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Lamb	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 Lamb	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Lamb	cop
6	upstream	upstream	ADV	_	9 Lamb	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Lamb	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Lamb	det
9	Lamb	Lamb	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Wolf	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 muddying	cc
11	muddying	muddy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Wolf	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 muddying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Wolf and the Lamb					of the Lamb; upstream property	tree rules
2	muddy	gerund		the water					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 3

Her brother, who was upstream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 was	nsubj
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upstream	upstream	ADV	_	5 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	Her brother					upstream property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

The Wolf, who was upstream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Wolf	det
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 was	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 was	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 was	nsubj
5	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upstream	upstream	ADV	_	5 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	the Wolf					upstream property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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