Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…
What emotion does the Cock privately experience while he conceals his alarm from the Fox?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: emotion · What happens: do, conceal, alarm · To what, where: Cock, alarm
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 emotion | det |
| 2 | emotion | emotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Cock | det |
| 5 | Cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 6 | privately | privately | ADV | _ | 7 experience | advmod |
| 7 | experience | experience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Cock | nmod |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 conceals | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 conceals | nsubj |
| 10 | conceals | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 does | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 alarm | nmod:poss |
| 12 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conceals | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 Fox | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Fox | det |
| 15 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conceals | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | what emotion | the Cock experience | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cock=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | conceal | present | emotion | emotion's alarm | from the Fox | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient from fox=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | alarm | emotion | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: 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
A queer, fluttery feeling of fear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 queer | det |
| 2 | queer | queer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 feeling | punct |
| 4 | fluttery | fluttery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feeling | amod |
| 5 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 queer | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fear | case |
| 7 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A very strong, sudden anger that burned through him like a fire in the night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 anger | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 strong | advmod |
| 3 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anger | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 strong | punct |
| 5 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anger | amod |
| 6 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 burned | nsubj |
| 8 | burned | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 anger | acl:relcl |
| 9 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 burned | obl |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fire | det |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 burned | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 burned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past | a strong sudden anger | night | through him = he; like a fire | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through he=Location |
Option 3
A queer, fluttery feeling of joy mixed with a strange hope for the future
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 queer | det |
| 2 | queer | queer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 feeling | punct |
| 4 | fluttery | fluttery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feeling | amod |
| 5 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 queer | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 joy | case |
| 7 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nmod |
| 8 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 feeling | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hope | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hope | det |
| 11 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 hope | amod |
| 12 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mixed | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 future | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 future | det |
| 15 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | participle | fluttery feeling of joy not said here | with a strange hope; for the future | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with hope=Co-Patient |
Option 4
A cold, heavy feeling of sadness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feeling | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feeling | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cold | punct |
| 4 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feeling | amod |
| 5 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sadness | case |
| 7 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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