Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold i…

Upon what occasion did the Wolf express his reflections on mankind?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Wolf · What happens: express · To what, where: reflections, mankind

This is exam question 2 of lesson 373 «Aesop's Fables, The Miser, part 1: a Miser's buried gold is stolen, and a stranger gives strange advice» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 express	obl
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 express	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wolf	det
6	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 express	nsubj
7	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 reflections	nmod:poss
9	reflections	reflection	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 express	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 mankind	case
11	mankind	mankind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 express	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 express	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	past · do-support	the Wolf	Wolf's reflections		mankind			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reflection=Theme

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

Upon watching the Shepherd's sheep graze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 watching	mark
2	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 graze	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sheep	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shepherd	case
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 watching	obj
7	graze	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		the Shepherd's sheep					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
2	graze	present							vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Upon observing the Shepherd's family feasting on lamb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 observing	mark
2	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 family	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shepherd	case
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observing	obj
7	feasting	feast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 observing	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 lamb	case
9	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		the Shepherd's family					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Topic
2	feast	gerund						on lamb	vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on lamb=Patient

Option 3

Upon observing the Shepherd's whole household gathered at a roast dinner of fresh lamb

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 observing	mark
2	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 gathered	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 household	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shepherd	case
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 household	amod
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observing	obj
8	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 dinner	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dinner	det
11	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dinner	compound
12	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gathered	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 lamb	case
14	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lamb	amod
15	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dinner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		the Shepherd's whole household					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent household=Topic
2	gather	past				a roast dinner of fresh lamb			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Upon observing the Shepherd's family quarrelling loudly over a dinner of goat meat and bread

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 observing	mark
2	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 family	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shepherd	case
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observing	obj
7	quarrelling	quarrell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 observing	conj
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 quarrelling	advmod
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dinner	det
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quarrelling	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 meat	case
13	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 meat	compound
14	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dinner	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bread	cc
16	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 meat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund		the Shepherd's family					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Topic
2	quarrell	gerund				a dinner of goat meat and bread		loudly property	tree rules

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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