Exam question 3 · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se…

Which of the following correctly describes the manner in which the Traveler responded to the Wind?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Traveler · What happens: follow, describe, respond · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 responded	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Traveler	det
12	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 responded	nsubj
13	responded	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 Wind	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Wind	det
16	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 responded	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	respond speech: other	past	the Traveler		to the Wind	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to wind=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

He pulled his cloak snugly around his body.

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cloak	nmod:poss
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
5	snugly	snugly	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	He	his cloak		his body		snugly property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 2

He yelled at the wind and then pulled his cloak more tightly around his body, shaking his fist.

The tree, 18 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 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 wind	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 yelled	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pulled	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 pulled	advmod
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cloak	nmod:poss
10	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	obj
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 tightly	advmod
12	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	8 pulled	advmod
13	around	around	ADP	_	15 body	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 body	nmod:poss
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shaking	punct
17	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 pulled	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fist	nmod:poss
19	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shaking	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 yelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He				at the wind	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at wind=Stimulus
2	pull	past	He not said here	his cloak	his body	then	tightly property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme
3	shake	gerund	He not said here	his fist				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fist=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He drew his cloak more tightly about himself.

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 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cloak	nmod:poss
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 tightly	advmod
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	2 drew	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 himself	case
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 tightly	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	He	his cloak				tightly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He stopped in the road and tied his cloak tight with a long rope to keep it from the wind's blows.

The tree, 22 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 stopped	nsubj
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stopped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tied	cc
7	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stopped	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cloak	nmod:poss
9	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	obj
10	tight	tight	ADV	_	7 tied	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 rope	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rope	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rope	amod
14	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tied	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tied	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 keep	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	22 blows	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wind	det
20	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 blows	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 wind	case
22	blows	blow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 keep	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop	past	He		the road		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=Location
2	tie	past	He not said here	his cloak		with a long rope; tight property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient with rope=Co-Patient
3	keep	to-infinitive	He not said here	cloak	the wind's blows		vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from blow=Eventuality
4	blow		the wind				nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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