Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, THE COCK AND THE FOX, part 8: a sly Fox be…

What does the Cock claim to observe at the conclusion of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, observe, conclude · To what, where: Cock claim, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 claim	det
4	Cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claim	compound
5	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 observe	mark
7	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 claim	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 conclusion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conclusion	det
10	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 observe	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conclusion	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	the Cock claim		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality
2	observe	to-infinitive	the Cock claim not said here	the conclusion of the passage	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	conclude		the passage		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Two Cats sleeping by the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Cats	nummod
2	Cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Cats	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	Two Cats not said here					by the gate	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A flock of Geese flying south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flock	det
2	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Geese	case
4	Geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flock	nmod
5	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 Geese	acl
6	south	south	ADV	_	5 flying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund	Geese not said here					south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A couple of Dogs approaching quickly from the far end of the farmyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 couple	det
2	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Dogs	case
4	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 couple	nmod
5	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 couple	acl
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 approaching	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
9	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 end	amod
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 approaching	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 farmyard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 farmyard	det
13	farmyard	farmyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	gerund	a couple of Dogs not said here				from the far end of the farmyard	quickly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from end=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A couple of Dogs approaching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 couple	det
2	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 approaching	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Dogs	case
4	Dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 couple	nmod
5	approaching	approach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	gerund	a couple of Dogs						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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