Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous…

What was the immediate consequence of the Ass's attempt to imitate the Lapdog?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ass · What happens: be, imitate, attempt · To what, where: immediate consequence, Lapdog

This is exam question 3 of lesson 387 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and the Lapdog, part 8: a jealous donkey copies a pampered lapdog and gets beaten» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 attempt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ass	det
8	Ass	Ass	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 attempt	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Ass	case
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 imitate	mark
12	imitate	imitate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 attempt	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Lapdog	det
14	Lapdog	lapdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 imitate	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence	of the Ass's attempt	tree rules
2	imitate	to-infinitive		the Lapdog		vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lapdog=Theme
3	attempt		the Ass			nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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

he smashed the table, all the dishes, and ran into the yard

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 smashed	nsubj
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dishes	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 dishes	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dishes	det
8	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 table	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ran	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ran	cc
11	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smashed	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past	he	the table					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme
2	run	past	he not said here					into the yard result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into yard=Result

Option 2

he broke the cups and chairs

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cups	det
4	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broke	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chairs	cc
6	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cups	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	he	the cups and chairs					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cup=Patient

Option 3

he jumped about and smashed the table and dishes before the servants came

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 smashed	cc
5	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smashed	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dishes	cc
9	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 table	conj
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 servants	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 servants	det
12	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smashed	obl
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	jump about	past	he			about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	smash	past	he not said here	the table and dishes	the servants		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent table=Theme before servant=Destination
3	come	past					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he smashed the table and dishes

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 smashed	nsubj
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dishes	cc
6	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 table	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smash	past	he	the table and dishes					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme

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