Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare…

On awakening, what was the condition of the Tortoise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: awaken, be · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 4 of lesson 384 «Aesop's Fables, The Hare and the Tortoise: a boastful Hare loses a race to a slow but steady Tortoise» 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	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 awakening	mark
2	awakening	awaken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 condition	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 awakening	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 condition	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 condition	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Tortoise	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Tortoise	det
10	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 condition	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awaken	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the condition				of the Tortoise	tree rules

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

Lying quietly under the tree beside the goal, dreaming of the race she had just won

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Lying	advmod
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 goal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goal	det
8	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dreaming	punct
10	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Lying	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 race	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 race	det
13	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dreaming	obl
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 won	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 won	aux
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 won	advmod
17	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 race	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund			the tree	beside the goal; quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location
2	dream	gerund				of the race	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	win	past · perfect	she	the race not said here			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Option 2

Resting calmly after her long walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Resting	advmod
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 walk	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 walk	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	amod
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	gerund					after her long walk	calmly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk		her = she						nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Sleeping soundly after a long walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	1 Sleeping	advmod
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 walk	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 walk	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	amod
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund					after a long walk	soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Comfortably dozing after her fatigue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comfortably	comfortably	ADV	_	2 dozing	advmod
2	dozing	doze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 fatigue	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fatigue	nmod:poss
5	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dozing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doze	gerund					after her fatigue	comfortably property	vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fatigue		her = she						nom fatigue «state transitive»: poss=agent

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