Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

With reference to the text, what did the Dog specifically require of the Wolf in order to secure a comfortable existence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, require, secure · To what, where: Dog, order, comfortable existence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 374 «Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf is tempted by a well-fed dog's easy life until he learns the price of the dog's collar» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Dog	det
10	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
11	specifically	specifically	ADV	_	12 require	advmod
12	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	advcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Wolf	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wolf	det
15	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 require	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 order	case
17	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 require	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 secure	mark
19	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 require	advcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 existence	det
21	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 existence	amod
22	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 secure	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	the Dog		with reference to the text	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Eventuality
2	require	present		order	of the Wolf; specifically property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	secure	to-infinitive	a comfortable existence			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition existence=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

That he should chase every person who carries a cane, bark at every beggar, and sleep by the gate each night

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 chase	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chase	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chase	aux
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carries	nsubj
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cane	det
10	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bark	punct
12	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cane	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 beggar	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 beggar	det
15	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sleep	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sleep	cc
18	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 gate	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gate	det
21	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obl
22	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	23 night	det
23	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	should	That	every person			night	by the gate; sleep obl	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent person=Theme by gate=Trajectory
2	carry	present	every person	a cane and bark		every beggar			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cane=Theme

Option 2

That he should sleep in the yard and wag at guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sleep	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	aux
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wag	cc
9	wag	wag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yard	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 guests	case
11	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	should	That					in the yard and wag; at guests	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in yard=Location

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

That he should chase persons carrying canes and bark at beggars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 chase	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chase	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chase	aux
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chase	obj
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 persons	acl
7	canes	cane	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carrying	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bark	cc
9	bark	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chase	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 beggars	case
11	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bark	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chase	should	That	persons		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	carry	gerund	persons not said here	canes		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cane=Theme
3	bark	present	That not said here		at beggars	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at beggar=Stimulus

Option 4

That he should hunt the wild hares of the forest and bring them home to the master's table before dawn

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 hunt	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hunt	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hunt	aux
4	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hares	det
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hares	amod
7	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hunt	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hares	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bring	cc
12	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hunt	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bring	obj
14	home	home	ADV	_	12 bring	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 table	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 master	det
17	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 table	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 master	case
19	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obl
20	before	before	ADP	_	21 dawn	case
21	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	should	That	the wild hares of the forest					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Theme
2	bring	infinitive	That not said here	hares = hare		the master's table	dawn	home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to table=Destination

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