Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

Identify the precise object whose presence upon the Dog's neck caused the Wolf to abandon his designs on the Dog's company.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, neck, Wolf · What happens: identify, cause, abandon, design · To what, where: precise object, Wolf, designs, company

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 object	amod
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 presence	nmod:poss
6	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 object	appos
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 caused	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Dog	det
9	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 neck	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Dog	case
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caused	nsubj
12	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Wolf	det
14	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 abandon	mark
16	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 caused	xcomp
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 designs	nmod:poss
18	designs	design	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 abandon	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	23 company	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Dog	det
21	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 company	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Dog	case
23	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 abandon	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise object		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	cause	past	the Dog's neck	the Wolf		tree rules
3	abandon	to-infinitive	the Wolf not said here	neck's designs	the Dog's company	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme design=Source
4	design		neck			nom design «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The chain fastened to a collar, the mark of which was visible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chain	det
2	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visible	nsubj
3	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chain	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 collar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 collar	det
6	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fastened	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mark	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mark	det
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collar	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 mark	nmod
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 visible	cop
13	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		the chain not said here	to a collar and the mark of a collar and the mark of a collar	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to collar=Co-Patient
2	is	past	the chain		visible property	tree rules
3	mark			a collar and the mark of a collar and the mark		nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A heavy iron ring on his paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ring	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ring	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ring	compound
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 paw	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 paw	nmod:poss
7	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ring	nmod

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

Option 3

A worn leather strap around the neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 strap	det
2	worn	worn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strap	amod
3	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strap	compound
4	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 neck	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neck	det
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strap	nmod

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

Option 4

A thin rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rope	det
2	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rope	amod
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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