Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a…

In the closing fable, what condition does the Lion place upon the Eagle before forming an alliance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, form · To what, where: Lion place, closing fable, alliance

This is exam question 4 of lesson 403 «Aesop's Fables, The Gnat and the Bull, part 24: a gnat, a camel, dogs, a jackdaw and a workman each get a short lesson» 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 fable	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fable	det
3	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fable	compound
4	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fable	punct
6	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	nsubj
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 place	det
10	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 place	compound
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 Eagle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Eagle	det
14	Eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 forming	mark
16	forming	form	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 does	advcl
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 alliance	det
18	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 forming	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what condition	the Lion place		the closing fable		upon the Eagle	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality
2	form	gerund	what condition not said here	a alliance					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alliance=Theme

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

that the Eagle find surety for his good faith and give up his claim to the mountain forever

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 find	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Eagle	det
3	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	surety	surety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 faith	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 faith	nmod:poss
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 faith	amod
9	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 give	cc
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 find	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 give	compound:prt
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 claim	nmod:poss
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 mountain	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mountain	det
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	17 mountain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	find	infinitive	the Eagle	surety		for Eagle's good faith	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent surety=Theme for faith=Beneficiary
2	give up	infinitive	the Eagle not said here	Eagle's claim	the mountain		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to mountain=Recipient
3	claim		Eagle				nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

that the Eagle find a guarantor who will vouch for his good faith before any alliance can be made

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 find	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Eagle	det
3	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 guarantor	det
6	guarantor	guarantor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 made	nsubj:pass
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 vouch	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 vouch	aux
9	vouch	vouch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 guarantor	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 faith	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 faith	nmod:poss
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 faith	amod
13	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vouch	obl
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 alliance	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 alliance	det
16	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vouch	obl
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 made	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 made	aux:pass
19	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 find	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	find	infinitive	the Eagle				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	vouch	future	a guarantor		before any alliance	for Eagle's good faith	tree rules
3	make	can · passive		a guarantor			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

that the Eagle keep his promise to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 keep	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Eagle	det
3	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 promise	nmod:poss
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive	the Eagle	Eagle's promise				to the king	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
2	promise		Eagle						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

that the Eagle find surety for his good faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 find	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Eagle	det
3	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	surety	surety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 faith	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 faith	nmod:poss
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 faith	amod
9	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	infinitive	the Eagle	surety				for Eagle's good faith	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent surety=Theme for faith=Beneficiary

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