Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co…
What principle is illustrated by the Country Mouse's final decision?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: final decision, Country Mouse · What happens: illustrate, decide · To what, where: principle
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 principle | det |
| 2 | principle | principle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 illustrated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 illustrated | aux:pass |
| 4 | illustrated | illustrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 decision | 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 | 11 decision | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Mouse | case |
| 10 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 decision | amod |
| 11 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 illustrated | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 illustrated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | illustrate | present · passive | the Country Mouse's final decision | what principle | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | decide | the Country Mouse | nom decision «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
That safety is preferable to luxury amid constant danger, so a mouse should stay home in the fields
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 safety | det |
| 2 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 preferable | cop |
| 4 | preferable | preferable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 danger | case |
| 6 | luxury | luxury | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 danger | amod |
| 7 | amid | amid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 danger | compound |
| 8 | constant | constant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 danger | amod |
| 9 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stay | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 stay | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mouse | det |
| 13 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stay | nsubj |
| 14 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 stay | aux |
| 15 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 preferable | conj |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 15 stay | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 fields | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fields | det |
| 19 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that safety | to luxury amid constant danger; preferable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | should | a mouse | the fields | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
That safety is preferable to luxury amid constant danger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 safety | det |
| 2 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 preferable | cop |
| 4 | preferable | preferable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 danger | case |
| 6 | luxury | luxury | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 danger | amod |
| 7 | amid | amid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 danger | compound |
| 8 | constant | constant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 danger | amod |
| 9 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that safety | to luxury amid constant danger; preferable property | tree rules |
Option 3
That wealth brings happiness to every mouse in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 wealth | det |
| 2 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | nsubj |
| 3 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mouse | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 mouse | det |
| 7 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | that wealth | happiness | every mouse | town | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme to mouse=Destination |
Option 4
That luxury is preferable to safety at home always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 luxury | det |
| 2 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 preferable | cop |
| 4 | preferable | preferable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 safety | case |
| 6 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preferable | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 safety | nmod |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 safety | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that luxury | to safety at home; preferable property | tree rules |
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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