Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs…
By what means does the Fox effect his escape from the well?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: mean, do, escape · To what, where: Fox effect, well · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 of lesson 370 «Aesop's Fables, The Fox and the Cock, part 9: the Fox runs off, the Cock wins, and more beast tales follow» 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 effect | det |
| 6 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 effect | compound |
| 7 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 escape | nmod:poss |
| 9 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 well | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 well | det |
| 12 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | the Fox effect | the well | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | escape | his = he | nom escape «act 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
By jumping from the horns of the Goat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 jumping | mark |
| 2 | jumping | jump | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 horns | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 horns | det |
| 5 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 jumping | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Goat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Goat | det |
| 8 | Goat | Goat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 horns | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | gerund | the horns of the Goat | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horn=Trajectory |
Option 2
By climbing out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 climbing | mark |
| 2 | climbing | climb | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 climbing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb out | gerund | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
By springing from the horns of the Goat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 springing | mark |
| 2 | springing | spring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 horns | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 horns | det |
| 5 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 springing | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Goat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Goat | det |
| 8 | Goat | Goat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 horns | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spring | gerund | the horns of the Goat | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horn=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
By leaping off the back of the Goat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 leaping | mark |
| 2 | leaping | leap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 back | det |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 leaping | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Goat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Goat | det |
| 8 | Goat | Goat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 back | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leap | gerund | the back of the Goat | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off back=Trajectory |
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