Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

In what posture does the Cock direct his attention when he perceives danger?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cock · What happens: do, direct, perceive, attend · To what, where: posture, attention, danger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 369 «Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox begs a wary Cock to come down with false news of peace» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 posture	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 posture	det
3	posture	posture	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	6 Cock	det
6	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 direct	nsubj
7	direct	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 attention	nmod:poss
9	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 direct	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 perceives	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 perceives	nsubj
12	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
13	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 perceives	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present			what posture	tree rules
2	direct	past	the Cock	Cock's attention		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent attention=Eventuality
3	perceive	present	Cock	danger		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus
4	attend		Cock			nom attention «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Standing on tiptoes, gazing afar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 tiptoes	case
3	tiptoes	tiptoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Standing	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gazing	punct
5	gazing	gaze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Standing	conj
6	afar	afar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gazing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund				tiptoes			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tiptoe=Location
2	gaze	gerund						afar property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Crouching low, peering nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crouching	crouch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Crouching	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 peering	punct
4	peering	peer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Crouching	conj
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	4 peering	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crouch	gerund						low property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	peer	gerund						nearby property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Standing tall on the branch, scanning the farmyard for signs of the Fox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Standing	xcomp
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 branch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 branch	det
5	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scanning	punct
7	scanning	scan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Standing	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmyard	det
9	farmyard	farmyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scanning	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 signs	case
11	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scanning	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Fox	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Fox	det
14	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 signs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund		the branch	tall property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location
2	scan	gerund	the farmyard		for signs of the Fox	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent farmyard=Theme for sign=Attribute
3	sign		the Fox			nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Flying high, searching below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 searching	csubj
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Flying	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 searching	punct
4	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	below	below	ADV	_	4 searching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund						high property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	search	gerund	Flying					below property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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