Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a b…
Which boast did the Lamp make in the tale concerning light?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boast, Lamp · What happens: do, make, concern · To what, where: tale
This is exam question 1 of lesson 393 «Aesop's Fables, The Birdcatcher and the Cock, part 14: a bird begs for its life, a Cock argues, and many short animal tales follow» 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 boast | det |
| 2 | boast | boast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Lamp | det |
| 5 | Lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 tale | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tale | det |
| 9 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obl |
| 10 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 light | amod |
| 11 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tale | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which boast | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the Lamp | the tale and concerning light | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 it shone more than the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 shone | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shone | nsubj |
| 3 | shone | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 shone | obj |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | past | That | more | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
Option 2
That it could light up the whole valley and the mountains beyond with a single flicker
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 light | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 light | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 light | aux |
| 4 | light | light | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 light | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 valley | amod |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 mountains | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mountains | det |
| 11 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 valley | conj |
| 12 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 4 light | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 flicker | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 flicker | det |
| 15 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 flicker | amod |
| 16 | flicker | flicker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light up | could | That | the whole valley and the mountains | with a single flicker; beyond property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Product with flicker=Material |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
That it gave more light than the sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 light | amod |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 sun | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun | det |
| 8 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | That | more light | than the sun | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
Option 4
That it would outlast the sun and keep the whole world bright long after the sun had set
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 outlast | nsubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 outlast | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 outlast | aux |
| 4 | outlast | outlast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sun | det |
| 6 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outlast | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 keep | cc |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 outlast | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 world | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 world | amod |
| 11 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obj |
| 12 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 keep | xcomp |
| 13 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 keep | advmod |
| 14 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 18 set | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sun | det |
| 16 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 set | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 set | aux |
| 18 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outlast | would | That | the sun | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | That not said here | the whole world | bright, long property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme | |||
| 3 | set | past · perfect · passive | the sun | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
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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