Exam question 4 · Aesop for Children, The North Wind and the Sun: a cloak se…

Which of the following accurately identifies the parties to the dispute recounted in the fable?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, recount · To what, where: parties, dispute, fable

This is exam question 4 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 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parties	det
8	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 identifies	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 dispute	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dispute	det
11	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
12	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 dispute	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fable	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fable	det
15	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recounted	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the parties		to the dispute; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent party=Theme to dispute=be'
3	recount speech: other	participle	the dispute not said here	the fable		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

The North Wind and the Sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Sun.	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun.	det
6	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	conj

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

Option 2

The Traveler and the Sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Traveler	det
2	Traveler	traveler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Sun.	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun.	det
5	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Traveler	conj

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The South Wind and the Sun, who both quarreled about the road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 quarreled	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Sun	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 quarreled	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 quarreled	nsubj
9	both	both	ADV	_	10 quarreled	advmod
10	quarreled	quarrel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 road	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quarreled	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 quarreled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quarrel	past	the South Wind and the Sun					about the road; both property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about road=Theme

Option 4

The North Wind, the Sun, and the Traveler in the cloak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wind	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	compound
3	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Sun	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Traveler	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Traveler	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Traveler	det
10	Traveler	Traveler	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wind	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cloak	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cloak	det
13	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Traveler	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Wind	punct

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

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