Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a d…

Explain the outcome of the Old Woman's suit before the Judge, and state which party's claim was upheld.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, party · What happens: explain, uphold, claim · To what, where: outcome, claim

This is exam question 2 of lesson 388 «Aesop's Fables, The Cat and the Birds: a cat posing as a doctor is sent packing» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 suit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woman	det
6	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Woman	amod
7	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 suit	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Woman	case
9	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 Judge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Judge	det
12	Judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 state	cc
15	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 upheld	obj
17	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 claim	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 party	case
19	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 upheld	nsubj:pass
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 upheld	aux:pass
21	upheld	uphold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 state	acl:relcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the Old Woman's suit	before the Judge	state obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	uphold	past · passive		party's claim			tree rules
3	claim		party				nom claim «communication 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

The Physician's claim succeeded because the Judge believed the Old Woman was cured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Physician	det
2	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Physician	case
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 succeeded	nsubj
5	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 believed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Judge	det
8	Judge	Judge	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 believed	nsubj
9	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 succeeded	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Woman	det
11	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Woman	amod
12	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cured	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cured	aux:pass
14	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 believed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	succeed	past	the Physician's claim		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	believe	past	the Judge		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	cure	past · passive		the Old Woman	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source
4	claim		the Physician		nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Physician's claim failed because the Old Woman argued she remained blind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Physician	det
2	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Physician	case
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 failed	nsubj
5	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 argued	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woman	det
8	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Woman	amod
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 argued	nsubj
10	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 failed	advcl
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 remained	nsubj
12	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 argued	ccomp
13	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 remained	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	fail	past	the Physician's claim		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	argue speech: disagree	past	the Old Woman		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	remain	past	Woman	blind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	claim		the Physician		nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The Physician's claim failed because the Old Woman argued she remained blind, so the Judge ruled that the doctor must receive nothing at all for his treatment

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Physician	det
2	Physician	Physician	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Physician	case
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 failed	nsubj
5	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 argued	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woman	det
8	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Woman	amod
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 argued	nsubj
10	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 failed	advcl
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 remained	nsubj
12	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 argued	ccomp
13	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 remained	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ruled	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 ruled	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Judge	det
17	Judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ruled	nsubj
18	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 failed	advcl
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 receive	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 doctor	det
21	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 receive	nsubj
22	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 receive	aux
23	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 ruled	ccomp
24	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	23 receive	obj
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 nothing	nmod
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 treatment	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 treatment	nmod:poss
29	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fail	past	the Physician's claim				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	argue speech: disagree	past	the Old Woman				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	remain	past	Woman			blind property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	rule	past	the Judge				tree rules
5	receive	must	the doctor	nothing	all	for doctor's treatment	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Location
6	claim		the Physician				nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent
7	treat		doctor				nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Old Woman's suit failed because the Judge ruled that she must pay the Physician in full for every single one of her treatments

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Woman	det
2	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Woman	amod
3	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suit	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Woman	case
5	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 failed	nsubj
6	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 ruled	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Judge	det
9	Judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ruled	nsubj
10	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 failed	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 pay	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pay	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ruled	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Physician	det
16	Physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 full	case
18	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 pay	advcl
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 one	case
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 one	det
21	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 one	amod
22	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 full	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 treatments	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 treatments	nmod:poss
25	treatments	treatment	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fail	past	the Old Woman's suit		vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rule	past	the Judge		tree rules
3	pay	must	Judge	the Physician	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Asset
4	treat		Judge		nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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