Exam question 2 · Aesop for Children, The Peacock and Juno: the vain Peacock…

What precaution did the Mouse army fail to take, and what was the result of that omission?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: precaution · What happens: do, take, be · To what, where: Mouse army fail, result

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 precaution	det
2	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fail	det
5	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fail	compound
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fail	compound
7	fail	fail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fail	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 result	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 result	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 result	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 result	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 result	det
15	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 omission	case
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 omission	det
18	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 result	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	what precaution	the Mouse army fail		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Eventuality
2	take	to-infinitive	what precaution not said here	the Mouse army fail not said here		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past		the result	of that omission	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It appointed no leaders, and it was repeatedly defeated by the Weasels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 appointed	nsubj
2	appointed	appoint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 leaders	det
4	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 appointed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 defeated	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 defeated	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 defeated	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 defeated	aux:pass
9	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	10 defeated	advmod
10	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 appointed	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Weasels	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Weasels	det
13	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 defeated	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 appointed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appoint	past	It	no leaders					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme
2	defeat	past · passive	the Weasels	it				repeatedly property	tree rules

Option 2

It sent no scouts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 scouts	det
4	scouts	scout	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	It	no scouts					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scout=Theme

Option 3

It hid no food, and the Cats defeated them in every battle they fought.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 defeated	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 defeated	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Cats	det
8	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 defeated	nsubj
9	defeated	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 defeated	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 battle	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 battle	det
13	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 defeated	obl
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fought	nsubj
15	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 battle	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hide	past	It	no food		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient
2	defeat	past	the Cats	them = they	every battle	tree rules
3	fight	past	Cats = cat	every battle not said here		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent

Option 4

It ran away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	It					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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