Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

Which of the following describes the action by which the Shepherd relieved the Lion of his suffering?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Shepherd · What happens: follow, describe, relieve, suffer · To what, where: action, Lion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 405 «Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pulls a thorn from a Lion's paw, and the Lion later spares him» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 action	det
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 relieved	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Shepherd	det
11	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 relieved	nsubj
12	relieved	relieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 action	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Lion	det
14	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 relieved	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 suffering	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 suffering	nmod:poss
17	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Lion	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	relieve	past	the Shepherd	the Lion of Shepherd's suffering	by the action	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lion=Experiencer
4	suffer		Shepherd			nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

He extracted the thorn from the Lion's paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extracted	nsubj
2	extracted	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thorn	det
4	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracted	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 paw	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 paw	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Lion	case
9	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	past	He	the thorn		the Lion's paw			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from paw=Initial_Location

Option 2

He extracted the large thorn from the Lion's front paw while the Lion watched him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 extracted	nsubj
2	extracted	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thorn	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thorn	amod
5	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracted	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	11 paw	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lion	det
8	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 paw	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Lion	case
10	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 paw	amod
11	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extracted	obl
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 watched	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Lion	det
14	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 watched	nsubj
15	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 extracted	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 watched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract	past	He	the large thorn		the Lion's front paw			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from paw=Initial_Location
2	watch	past	the Lion	him = he					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He poured medicine onto the Lion's injured paw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 paw	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lion	det
6	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 paw	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Lion	case
8	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paw	amod
9	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	He	medicine		the Lion's injured paw			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme onto paw=Destination

Option 4

He bandaged the wound on the Lion's leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bandaged	nsubj
2	bandaged	bandage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wound	det
4	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bandaged	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 leg	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 leg	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Lion	case
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bandaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bandage	past	He	the wound		the Lion's leg			vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wound=Destination

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