Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

In accordance with the text, what was the verdict of the King regarding the Shepherd after he heard the tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: accordance, Shepherd · What happens: be, regard, hear · To what, where: verdict, tale

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 verdict	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 verdict	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 verdict	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 verdict	det
10	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 King	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 verdict	nmod
14	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 Shepherd	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Shepherd	det
16	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 verdict	nmod
17	after	after	SCONJ	_	19 heard	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heard	nsubj
19	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 Shepherd	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tale	det
21	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heard	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 accordance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	accordance with the text	the verdict	of the King; regard the Shepherd	tree rules
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hear	past	Shepherd	the tale		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tale=Stimulus

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 pardoned the Shepherd and restored him

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 pardoned	nsubj
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pardoned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 restored	cc
6	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pardoned	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 restored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	past	He	the Shepherd					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme
2	restore	past	He not said here	Shepherd					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He sentenced the Shepherd to exile

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 sentenced	nsubj
2	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sentenced	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 exile	mark
6	exile	exile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sentenced	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sentence	past	He	the Shepherd					tree rules
2	exile	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He rewarded the Shepherd with gold coins

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 rewarded	nsubj
2	rewarded	reward	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rewarded	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 coins	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coins	compound
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Shepherd	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past	He		the Shepherd			with gold coins	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Recipient with coin=Theme

Option 4

He freed the Shepherd

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 freed	nsubj
2	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shepherd	det
4	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 freed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past	He	the Shepherd					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer shepherd=Source

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