Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Lion and the Shepherd: a Shepherd pull…

According to the narrative, what was the posture adopted by the Lion toward the Shepherd upon his release?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: narrative · What happens: accord, be, adopt · To what, where: posture

This is exam question 3 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 posture	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 posture	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 posture	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 posture	det
9	posture	posture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	appos
10	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 posture	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Lion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Lion	det
13	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 adopted	obl
14	toward	toward	ADP	_	16 Shepherd	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Shepherd	det
16	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adopted	obl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 release	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 release	nmod:poss
19	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Shepherd	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	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	is a	past	the narrative	the posture		tree rules
3	adopt	participle		the posture not said here	by the Lion; toward the Shepherd upon Shepherd's release	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 placed his foot upon the Shepherd's lap

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 foot	nmod:poss
4	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 lap	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Shepherd	det
7	Shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lap	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Shepherd	case
9	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	his foot		the Shepherd's lap			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme upon lap=Destination

Option 2

He licked his wound

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 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wound	nmod:poss
4	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	He	his wound					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wound=Source
2	wound		his = he						nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He placed his head on the Shepherd's knee

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 knee	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Shepherd	det
7	Shepherd	Shepherd	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 knee	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Shepherd	case
9	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	his head		the Shepherd's knee			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme on knee=Destination

Option 4

He sat at the gate

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	He			the gate			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location

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