Exam question 1 · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…

Which action did the Farmer undertake in order to preserve a portion of his grain?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, preserve · To what, where: order, portion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Farmer	det
5	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 preserve	mark
10	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertake	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 portion	det
12	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 grain	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 grain	nmod:poss
15	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 portion	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action			order			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	preserve	to-infinitive	which action not said here	a portion of Farmer's grain					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Beneficiary

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 chased off the birds with a loud shout

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 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 birds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chased	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 shout	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shout	det
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shout	amod
9	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase off	past	He	the birds				with a loud shout	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme

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

He slew several Cranes with stones from his sling

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Cranes	amod
4	Cranes	Crane	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 slew	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 stones	case
6	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slew	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sling	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sling	nmod:poss
9	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	several Cranes		his sling		with stones	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent crane=Patient with stone=Instrument

Option 3

He bought more grain from the market

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 grain	amod
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 market	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 market	det
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	He	more grain		the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent grain=Theme from market=Source

Option 4

He shot a crane

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 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crane	det
4	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	He	a crane					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Theme

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