Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a strange…

According to the fable of the Dog's House, why did the Dog judge that building a house of adequate size would be unnecessary?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dog judge · What happens: accord, build, be · To what, where: house

This is exam question 3 of lesson 401 «Aesop's Fables, The Gamecocks and the Partridge: a stranger bird learns that the cocks fight each other too» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fable	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fable	det
4	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 unnecessary	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 House	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dog	det
7	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 House	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Dog	case
9	House	House	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fable	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 building	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 building	advmod
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 building	aux
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 judge	det
14	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 judge	compound
15	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 building	nsubj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 building	nsubj
17	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fable	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 house	det
19	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 building	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 size	case
21	adequate	adequate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 size	amod
22	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 house	nmod
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 unnecessary	aux
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 unnecessary	cop
25	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 unnecessary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	build	past · do-support	the Dog judge	a house of adequate size		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product
3	is	would			accord the fable of the Dog's House; unnecessary property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 appeared	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 appeared	nsubj
3	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 appeared	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	10 size	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 size	cop
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appeared	advcl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 stretched	mark
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 appeared	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 stretched	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 summer	case
15	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past	he	himself = he			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	he not said here			of great size	tree rules
3	stretch out	participle	he not said here		summer		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer by the warm hearth

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 appeared	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 appeared	nsubj
3	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 appeared	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	10 size	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 size	cop
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appeared	advcl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 stretched	mark
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 appeared	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 stretched	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 summer	case
15	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 hearth	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hearth	det
18	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 hearth	amod
19	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past	he	himself = he			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	he not said here			of great size	tree rules
3	stretch out	participle	he not said here		summer	by the warm hearth	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Because he slept outdoors in every season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 slept	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slept	nsubj
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	outdoors	outdoors	ADV	_	3 slept	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 season	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 season	det
7	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	he				season	outdoors property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Because he appeared to himself to be of great size when stretched out in summer and needed no more room

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 appeared	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 appeared	nsubj
3	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 appeared	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	10 size	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 size	cop
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 size	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 size	amod
10	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appeared	advcl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 stretched	mark
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 appeared	advcl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 stretched	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 summer	case
15	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 needed	cc
17	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 appeared	conj
18	no	no	ADV	_	19 more	advmod
19	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 room	amod
20	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past	he		himself = he			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	he not said here				of great size	tree rules
3	stretch out	participle	he not said here			summer		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	need	past	he not said here	more room				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot room=Theme

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