Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house…

Upon what occasion did the Wizard abandon his position in the marketplace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occasion · What happens: do · To what, where: Wizard abandon, marketplace

This is exam question 1 of lesson 397 «Aesop's Fables, The Wizard, part 18: a wizard's own house is robbed while he reads other people's fortunes» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 abandon	det
6	Wizard	wizard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 abandon	amod
7	abandon	abandon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 position	nmod:poss
9	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 marketplace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 marketplace	det
12	marketplace	marketplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	occasion	the Wizard abandon		the marketplace			tree rules

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

upon hearing that someone sold his cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 hearing	mark
2	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sold	advcl
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 sold	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 sold	nsubj
5	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cart	nmod:poss
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund	someone not said here						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	sell	past	someone	his cart					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme

Option 2

upon hearing rain fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 hearing	mark
2	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	compound
4	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund		rain fall					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fall=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

upon learning that his dwelling had been broken into

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 learning	mark
2	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 broken	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dwelling	nmod:poss
5	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 broken	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 broken	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 broken	aux:pass
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 learning	ccomp
9	into	into	ADP	_	8 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	gerund							vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	past · perfect · passive		his dwelling					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

when a man shouted about his stolen goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 shouted	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 goods	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 goods	nmod:poss
7	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 goods	amod
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	a man					about man's stolen goods	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about goods=Topic
2	steal	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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