Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Cock: a cat invents an exc…

What lesson does the fable conclude by expressing in its moral?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lesson, fable · What happens: do, conclude, express · To what, where: moral

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 lesson	det
2	lesson	lesson	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 fable	det
5	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclude	nsubj
6	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 expressing	mark
8	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 conclude	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 moral	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 moral	nmod:poss
11	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expressing	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	present	what lesson		tree rules
2	conclude	present	the fable		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	express	gerund	the fable not said here	fable's moral	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

That a wicked wolf who disguises himself as a sheep will eventually be found out by the shepherd

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 wolf	nsubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wolf	amod
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	nsubj:pass
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 disguises	nsubj
6	disguises	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wolf	acl:relcl
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 disguises	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 sheep	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sheep	det
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disguises	obl
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 found	aux
12	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	14 found	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 found	aux:pass
14	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 found	compound:prt
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 shepherd	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 shepherd	det
18	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wolf		That			tree rules
2	disguise	present	a wicked wolf	himself = he	as a sheep	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination
3	find out	future · passive	the shepherd	a wicked wolf	eventually property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That harm sought is harm found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 harm	det
2	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harm	nsubj
3	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 harm	acl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 harm	cop
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 harm	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	seek	past	that harm not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	that harm	harm	tree rules
3	find	participle		harm not said here	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

That harm sought brings harm back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 harm	det
2	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	nsubj
3	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 harm	acl
4	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brings	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 brings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	that harm not said here						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bring back	present	that harm	harm					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent harm=Theme

Option 4

That those who plan harm for others will surely be caught by the very harm they planned

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 those	nsubj
2	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 caught	nsubj:pass
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 plan	nsubj
4	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 those	acl:relcl
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 others	case
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plan	obl
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 caught	aux
9	surely	surely	ADV	_	11 caught	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 caught	aux:pass
11	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 harm	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 harm	det
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 harm	advmod
15	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caught	obl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 planned	nsubj
17	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 harm	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plan	present		harm	for others	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Topic
2	catch	future · passive	the harm	those	surely property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	plan	past	others = other	the harm not said here		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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