Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

Which action does the Cock perform immediately before he composes himself to rest?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Cock · What happens: perform, compose, rest · To what, where: Cock

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cock	det
5	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 perform	advmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 composes	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 composes	nsubj
10	composes	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	advcl
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 composes	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 rest	mark
13	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 composes	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	which action		immediately property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	compose	present	Cock	Cock		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Result
3	rest	to-infinitive	Cock not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He tucks his head under wing

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 tucks	nsubj
2	tucks	tuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucks	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 wing	case
6	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tucks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	present	He	his head		wing			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme under wing=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He flaps his wings three times and crows loudly

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 flaps	nsubj
2	flaps	flap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flaps	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flaps	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crows	cc
8	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 times	conj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 flaps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flap	present	He	his wings			time	loudly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient

Option 3

He flaps his wings and crows loudly before he finally settles in the leaves to sleep

The tree, 16 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 flaps	nsubj
2	flaps	flap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flaps	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 crows	cc
6	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wings	conj
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 flaps	advmod
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 settles	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 settles	nsubj
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 settles	advmod
11	settles	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 flaps	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 leaves	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 leaves	det
14	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 settles	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 sleep	mark
16	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 settles	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	flap	present	He	his wings and crows		loudly property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	settle	present	he		the leaves	finally property	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in leaf=Location
3	sleep	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He flies to the top and sings a short song

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 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sings	cc
7	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 flies	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 song	det
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 song	amod
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	He					to the top result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result
2	sing speech: express	present	He not said here	a short song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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