Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is h…

According to the fable of the Wolf and the Mother, what conclusion did the Wolf reach regarding the woman's words?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conclusion, woman · What happens: accord, do, regard, word · To what, where: Wolf reach

This is exam question 3 of lesson 404 «Aesop's Fables, The Ass and His Driver: a bolting ass is hauled back by the tail, and the fables that follow each end with a small 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	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	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Wolf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wolf	det
7	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fable	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Mother	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mother	det
10	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fable	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fable	conj
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	nsubj
14	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 reach	det
16	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 reach	compound
17	reach	reach	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	obj
18	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 words	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 woman	det
20	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 words	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 woman	case
22	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 reach	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fable	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	do	past	conclusion	the Wolf reach	regard the woman's words	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reach=Eventuality
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	word		the woman			nom word «communication 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 the mother was very clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 mother	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mother	det
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clever	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 clever	advmod
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that mother					clever property	tree rules

Option 2

That he should have waited longer outside and eaten the child at once when he had the chance.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 waited	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waited	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 waited	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 waited	aux
5	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 outside	advmod
7	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 waited	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eaten	cc
9	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 waited	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eaten	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 eaten	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 had	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eaten	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chance	det
18	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	should · perfect	That		outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	participle	That not said here	the child		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	have	past	child	the chance		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That he had been foolish to believe them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 foolish	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 foolish	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 foolish	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 foolish	cop
5	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 believe	mark
7	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 foolish	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believe	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 foolish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	That					foolish property	tree rules
2	believe	to-infinitive	That not said here	them = they					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

That the child was not his to take.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 child	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 take	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 take	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 take	nmod:poss
7	to	to	PART	_	8 take	mark
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 child	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 child	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past						take property	tree rules

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