Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Wolf and the House Dog: a hungry wolf…

In the course of the fable, what did the Wolf resolve to do upon learning the true nature of the Dog's situation?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wolf · What happens: resolve, do, learn · To what, where: course, true nature

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 course	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resolve	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fable	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fable	det
6	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 resolve	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 resolve	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resolve	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wolf	det
11	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 resolve	nsubj
12	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 do	mark
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 resolve	xcomp
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 learning	mark
16	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 do	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 nature	det
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 nature	amod
19	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 learning	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	24 situation	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Dog	det
22	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 situation	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 Dog	case
24	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 nature	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 resolve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	resolve	past · do-support	the Wolf		the course of the fable	tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the Wolf not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	learn	gerund	the Wolf not said here	the true nature of the Dog's situation		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic

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 ran straight home to his den

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 home	advmod
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 den	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 den	nmod:poss
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He					to his den result; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to den=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He returned at once to the woods, abandoning the Dog's offer

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 returned	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 woods	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woods	det
7	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 returned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 abandoning	punct
9	abandoning	abandon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 returned	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Dog	det
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offer	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Dog	case
13	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 abandoning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	return	past	He		to the woods result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to wood=Result
2	abandon	gerund	He not said here	the Dog's offer		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme offer=Source
3	offer		the Dog			nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He decided to accept the chain as the price of comfort, and he waited by the gate until the master came to fetch him

The tree, 24 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	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accept	mark
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chain	det
6	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 price	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 price	det
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 comfort	case
11	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 price	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 waited	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 waited	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 waited	nsubj
15	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 decided	conj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 gate	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 gate	det
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 waited	obl
19	until	until	SCONJ	_	22 came	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 master	det
21	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 came	nsubj
22	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 waited	advcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 fetch	mark
24	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 came	xcomp
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	accept not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the chain	as the price of comfort	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent chain=Theme as price=Attribute
3	wait	past	he		by the gate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by gate=Location
4	come	past	the master			tree rules
5	fetch	to-infinitive	the master not said here	master		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He thanked the Dog warmly, promised to think about the offer during the night, and then wandered slowly back home

The tree, 20 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	2 thanked	nsubj
2	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Dog	det
4	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thanked	obj
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	2 thanked	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 promised	punct
7	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thanked	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 think	mark
9	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 promised	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 offer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 offer	det
12	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 think	obl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 think	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wandered	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wandered	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 wandered	advmod
19	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thanked	conj
20	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	19 wandered	advmod
21	back	back	ADV	_	19 wandered	advmod
22	home	home	ADV	_	19 wandered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	He	the Dog		warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		night	about the offer	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about offer=Topic
4	wander back	past	He not said here		then	home, slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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