Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals th…

Describe the principle which the fable is intended to convey regarding the injury inflicted by one party upon another.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, intend, convey, regard, inflict · To what, where: principle, injury

This is exam question 4 of lesson 402 «Aesop's Fables, The Eagle and the Fox: the eagle steals the fox's cub, and the fox takes revenge with fire» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 intended	nsubj:pass
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fable	det
6	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intended	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 intended	aux:pass
8	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 principle	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 convey	mark
10	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 intended	xcomp
11	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 injury	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 injury	det
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 convey	obl
14	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 injury	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 party	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 party	nummod
17	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 inflicted	obl
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 another	case
19	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	17 party	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the principle		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	intend	present · passive		the principle		tree rules
3	convey not said to happen	to-infinitive			regard the injury	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	inflict	participle		the injury not said here	by one party upon another	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

Wrong returns upon the doer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 doer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 doer	det
5	doer	doer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	Wrong					upon the doer	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Friends should share everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 share	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 share	aux
3	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	should	Friends	everything					tree rules

Option 3

Good deeds return to the giver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deeds	amod
2	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 return	nsubj
3	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 giver	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giver	det
6	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	Good deeds					to the giver result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to giver=Result

Option 4

Anyone who harms another will eventually suffer the same harm in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 suffer	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 harms	nsubj
3	harms	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Anyone	acl:relcl
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 harms	obj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 suffer	aux
6	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	7 suffer	advmod
7	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 harm	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harm	amod
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffer	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 return	case
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	present		another					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus another=Experiencer
2	suffer	future	Anyone	the same harm		return		eventually property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harm=Stimulus

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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