Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co…

Which provisions were set before the Country Mouse upon his arrival by the Town Mouse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Town Mouse, Mouse · What happens: set, arrive · To what, where: provisions, arrival

This is exam question 1 of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» 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 provisions	det
2	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 set	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 set	aux:pass
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	8 Mouse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mouse	det
7	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mouse	compound
8	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 arrival	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 arrival	nmod:poss
11	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 Mouse	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mouse	det
14	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Mouse	compound
15	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive	the Town Mouse	which provisions		Mouse's arrival	before the Country Mouse		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme upon arrival=Destination
2	arrive		Mouse						nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Wheat-stocks, roots, beans, figs, honey, bread, and barley

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stocks	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Wheat	punct
3	stocks	stock	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 roots	punct
5	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stocks	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 beans	punct
7	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stocks	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 figs	punct
9	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stocks	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 honey	punct
11	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stocks	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bread	punct
13	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 honey	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 barley	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 barley	cc
16	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stocks	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, and cheese

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 barley	punct
3	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 beans	punct
5	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 figs	punct
7	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 figs	amod
8	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 honey	punct
10	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 raisins	punct
12	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cheese	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cheese	cc
15	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, and roots

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 barley	punct
3	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 beans	punct
5	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 figs	punct
7	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 figs	amod
8	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 honey	punct
10	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 raisins	punct
12	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 roots	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 roots	cc
15	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, cheese, nuts, and a fine silver cup of wine

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 barley	punct
3	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 beans	punct
5	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 figs	punct
7	dried	dry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 figs	amod
8	figs	fig	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 honey	punct
10	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 raisins	punct
12	raisins	raisin	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cheese	punct
14	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 nuts	punct
16	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Bread	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cup	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cup	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 cup	det
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 cup	amod
21	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cup	compound
22	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bread	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 wine	case
24	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cup	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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