Exam question 1 · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

Upon what ground did Juno grant the Peacock his wish, and what consequence followed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Juno · What happens: grant, follow, wish · To what, where: Peacock

This is exam question 1 of lesson 368 «Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock's heavy train keeps him from flying» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 grant	obj
3	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grant	aux
5	Juno	Juno	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grant	nsubj
6	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Peacock	det
8	Peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grant	obj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wish	nmod:poss
10	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grant	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 followed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 followed	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 followed	nsubj:pass
14	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 followed	nsubj
15	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 grant	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 grant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grant	past · do-support	Juno	the Peacock	tree rules
2	follow	participle · passive			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	wish		Juno		nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Juno was moved by his pride, and the feathers then kept him grounded.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Juno	Juno	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 pride	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pride	nmod:poss
6	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feathers	det
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kept	nsubj
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 kept	advmod
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	obj
14	grounded	ground	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 kept	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	move	past · passive	Juno's pride	Juno		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result
2	keep	past	the feathers	Juno	then	tree rules
3	ground	participle	Juno not said here			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pride		Juno			nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He asked Juno for more beauty with a loud complaint, and afterward his huge train was so heavy that he could never again fly anywhere high.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Juno	Juno	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	iobj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 beauty	case
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 beauty	amod
6	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 complaint	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 complaint	det
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 complaint	amod
10	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beauty	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 heavy	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 heavy	cc
13	afterward	afterward	SCONJ	_	19 heavy	mark
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 train	nmod:poss
15	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 train	amod
16	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heavy	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 heavy	cop
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 heavy	advmod
19	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 asked	parataxis
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 fly	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 fly	nsubj
22	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 fly	aux
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 again	advmod
24	again	again	ADV	_	25 fly	advmod
25	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 heavy	advcl
26	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	27 high	advmod
27	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 fly	xcomp
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	Juno		for more beauty with a loud complaint	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent juno=Recipient
2	is	past	Juno's huge train			heavy property	tree rules
3	fly	could	Juno		again	high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was granted his train at his request, and its weight prevented flight.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 granted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 granted	aux:pass
3	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 train	nmod:poss
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 request	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 request	nmod:poss
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flight	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 flight	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 weight	nmod:poss
12	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flight	nsubj
13	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 flight	amod
14	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 granted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grant	past · passive		He	his request	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal train=Theme
2	prevent	participle				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	flight		request's weight			tree rules
4	request		his = he			nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Juno granted his wish out of kindness, and the train was so heavy that he could no longer lift himself off the ground at all.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Juno	Juno	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 granted	nsubj
2	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wish	nmod:poss
4	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 granted	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 kindness	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 kindness	case
7	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 granted	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heavy	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 heavy	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 train	det
11	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 heavy	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 heavy	cop
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 heavy	advmod
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 granted	parataxis
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 lift	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 lift	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 lift	aux
18	no	no	ADV	_	19 longer	advmod
19	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 lift	advmod
20	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 heavy	advcl
21	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 lift	obj
22	off	off	ADP	_	24 ground	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 ground	det
24	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lift	obl
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 ground	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 granted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grant	past	Juno	Juno's wish	kindness		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
2	is	past	the train			heavy property	tree rules
3	lift	could	Juno	Juno	the ground at all	long property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme off ground=Destination
4	wish		Juno				nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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