Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in wh…
What consequence does the text record for the truthful Traveler who addresses the Ape king candidly?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: consequence, truthful Traveler · What happens: do, address · To what, where: text record, Ape king
This is exam question 4 of lesson 398 «Aesop's Fables, The Jackdaw and the Doves: a jackdaw in white paint sneaks in among the doves, and a run of short fables follows» 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 consequence | det |
| 2 | consequence | consequence | 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 | 6 record | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 record | compound |
| 6 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 Traveler | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Traveler | det |
| 9 | truthful | truthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Traveler | amod |
| 10 | Traveler | traveler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 record | nmod |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 addresses | nsubj |
| 12 | addresses | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Traveler | acl:relcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 14 | Ape | Ape | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 king | compound |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 addresses | obj |
| 16 | candidly | candidly | ADV | _ | 12 addresses | advmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | what consequence | the text record | for the truthful Traveler | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | address | present | the truthful Traveler | the Ape king | candidly property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Destination |
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 is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes and torn apart
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teeth | det |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 given | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 claws | cc |
| 8 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 teeth | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Apes | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Apes | det |
| 11 | Apes | Ape | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 claws | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 torn | cc |
| 13 | torn | tear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | conj |
| 14 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 13 torn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | He | the teeth and claws of the Apes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tooth=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | tear apart | participle | apart property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He is given to the teeth and claws of the Apes
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teeth | det |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 given | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 claws | cc |
| 8 | claws | claw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 teeth | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Apes | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Apes | det |
| 11 | Apes | ape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 claws | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | He | the teeth and claws of the Apes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to tooth=Recipient |
Option 3
He is kept as the king's own servant
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 | 3 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 servant | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 servant | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 servant | amod |
| 9 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | He | as the king's own servant | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He is handed to the lion as a gift
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 | 3 handed | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 handed | aux:pass |
| 3 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 lion | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handed | obl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 gift | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gift | det |
| 9 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | present · passive | He | the lion | as a gift | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to lion=Destination |
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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