Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

Which garment does the Wolf adopt in order to deceive the shepherd?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: garment, Wolf · What happens: do, adopt, deceive · To what, where: order, shepherd

This is exam question 2 of lesson 386 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an excuse to eat a cock, and a wolf in sheep's clothing is killed by mistake» 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 garment	det
2	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Wolf	det
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	nsubj
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 deceive	mark
10	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 adopt	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shepherd	det
12	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deceive	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	which garment			tree rules
2	adopt	present	the Wolf		order	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	deceive	to-infinitive	the Wolf not said here	the shepherd		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=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 right answer

A covering made from the skin of a sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 covering	det
2	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 covering	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 skin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skin	det
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sheep	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a covering not said here		the skin of a sheep			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material

Option 2

A long fleece garment made from the skin of a sheep that he had killed the night before in the forest

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 garment	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 garment	amod
3	fleece	fleece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garment	compound
4	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 garment	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 skin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skin	det
8	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sheep	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sheep	det
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skin	nmod
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 killed	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 killed	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 killed	aux
15	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 garment	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 killed	obl:unmarked
18	before	before	ADV	_	15 killed	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 forest	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 forest	det
21	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a long fleece garment not said here		the skin of a sheep			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material
2	kill	past · perfect · passive	a long fleece garment not said here	sheep		the forest	night	before property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A hooded covering woven from the wool of rams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 covering	det
2	hooded	hood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 covering	amod
3	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 covering	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 wool	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wool	det
7	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 woven	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rams	case
9	rams	ram	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wool	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hood	participle							tree rules
2	weave	participle		a hooded covering not said here		the wool of rams			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wool=Trajectory

Option 4

A covering made from the skin of a sheep, stitched neatly to fit over his grey wolf's coat

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 covering	det
2	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fit	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 covering	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 skin	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 skin	det
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sheep	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 skin	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stitched	punct
11	stitched	stitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fit	advcl
12	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	14 fit	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fit	mark
14	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	over	over	ADP	_	20 coat	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wolf	nmod:poss
17	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wolf	amod
18	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coat	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 wolf	case
20	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a covering not said here	the skin of a sheep		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material
2	stitch	participle	a covering not said here				vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	fit	to-infinitive	a covering		covering's grey wolf's coat	neatly property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent over coat=Trajectory

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