Exam question 4 · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…

What became of the Mouse, who had gorged himself within the basket, when he attempted to withdraw from the opening?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mouse · What happens: become, gorge, attempt, withdraw · To what, where: Mouse, opening

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Mouse	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mouse	det
5	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gorged	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 gorged	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gorged	aux
9	gorged	gorge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 Mouse	acl:relcl
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 gorged	obj
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 basket	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 basket	det
13	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gorged	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 attempted	punct
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 attempted	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 attempted	nsubj
17	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 basket	acl:relcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 withdraw	mark
19	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 attempted	xcomp
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 opening	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 opening	det
22	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 withdraw	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past				of the Mouse	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	gorge	past · perfect	the Mouse	Mouse		within the basket	tree rules
3	attempt	past	Mouse				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	withdraw not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mouse not said here		the opening		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from opening=Initial_Location

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 could not free his swollen body from the opening, which trapped him for good

The tree, 15 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	4 free	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 free	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 free	advmod
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
6	swollen	swollen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 body	amod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	iobj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 opening	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 opening	det
10	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trapped	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 trapped	nsubj:pass
13	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 opening	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 trapped	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 good	case
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	participle · passive		the opening				for good	tree rules

Option 2

He was stuck fast in the opening then

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	3 stuck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stuck	cop
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 stuck	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 opening	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 opening	det
7	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 opening	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			the opening		fast, stuck property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could not free his body from the opening

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	4 free	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 free	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 free	advmod
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	iobj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 opening	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 opening	det
9	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

He could not free his body from the opening and was eaten by the Weasel at dawn

The tree, 17 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	4 free	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 free	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 free	advmod
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	iobj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 opening	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 opening	det
9	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 free	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 eaten	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 eaten	aux:pass
12	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 free	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 Weasel	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Weasel	det
15	Weasel	weasel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eaten	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dawn	case
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Weasel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive	the Weasel at dawn						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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