Exam question 1 · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se…

Which element of the narrative is principally responsible for the Traveler's removal of his cloak?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: element, Traveler · What happens: be, remove · To what, where: cloak

This is exam question 1 of lesson 378 «Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak settles the quarrel» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 element	det
2	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 responsible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 narrative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 element	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 responsible	cop
7	principally	principally	ADV	_	8 responsible	advmod
8	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	13 removal	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Traveler	det
11	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 removal	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Traveler	case
13	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 responsible	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 cloak	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cloak	nmod:poss
16	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 removal	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 responsible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which element of the narrative					for the Traveler's removal of his cloak; principally, responsible property	tree rules
2	remove		the Traveler	his cloak					nom removal «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 Sun's heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 heat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Sun	case
4	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat		the Sun						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the warmth of the Sun's rays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 warmth	det
2	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 rays	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rays	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Sun	case
7	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warmth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ray		the Sun						nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

the blast of the North Wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blast	det
2	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Wind	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wind	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wind	compound
6	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blast			the North Wind					nom blast «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

the strength of the Wind's blast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strength	det
2	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 blast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wind	det
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 blast	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Wind	case
7	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blast		the Wind						nom blast «act transitive»: poss=agent

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