Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the…

With reference to the text, what did the Mother Lark conclude from the Farmer's words about the wheat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mother Lark, Farmer · What happens: do, conclude, word · To what, where: words

This is exam question 4 of lesson 376 «Aesop's Fables, The Lark and Her Young Ones, part 15: the young Larks fear the reapers, but their mother says the wheat is not ready yet» 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	11 Lark	det
10	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Lark	compound
11	Lark	Lark	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 conclude	nsubj
12	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	ccomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 words	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Farmer	det
15	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 words	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Farmer	case
17	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 conclude	obl
18	about	about	ADP	_	20 wheat	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wheat	det
20	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 words	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			with reference to the text	tree rules
2	conclude	present	the Mother Lark	the Farmer's words about the wheat		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from word=Source
3	word		the Farmer		about the wheat	nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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

That the farmer would cut it tomorrow, as the wheat was dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 farmer	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux
5	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	obj
7	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dry	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 dry	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wheat	det
11	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dry	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dry	cop
13	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cut	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	would	that farmer	it			tomorrow		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	is	past	the wheat					dry property	tree rules

Option 2

That the harvest would be delayed, since his neighbours had not yet been called and the wheat was still green

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 harvest	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 harvest	det
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delayed	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 delayed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 delayed	cop
6	delayed	delayed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 called	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 called	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbours	nmod:poss
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 called	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 called	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 called	advmod
13	yet	yet	ADV	_	15 called	advmod
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 called	aux:pass
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 delayed	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 green	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wheat	det
18	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 green	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 green	cop
20	still	still	ADV	_	21 green	advmod
21	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 delayed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	that harvest			delayed property	tree rules
2	not call	past · perfect · passive		his neighbours	yet		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	is	past	the wheat		still	green property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That the harvest would be delayed, since his neighbours had not yet been called

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 harvest	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 harvest	det
3	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 delayed	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 delayed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 delayed	cop
6	delayed	delayed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 called	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 had	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbours	nmod:poss
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 called	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 called	advmod
13	yet	yet	ADV	_	15 called	advmod
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 called	aux:pass
15	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 delayed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	that harvest					delayed property	tree rules
2	not call	past · perfect · passive	that harvest not said here				yet		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»

Option 4

That the reaping would wait, since the neighbours were not yet asked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 reaping	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reaping	det
3	reaping	reaping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wait	aux
5	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 asked	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 asked	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 neighbours	det
9	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 asked	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 asked	aux:pass
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 asked	advmod
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 asked	advmod
13	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	would	that reaping						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not ask speech: ask	past · passive		the neighbours			yet		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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