Exam question 1 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

Which of the following fables concerns a Hunter who relinquishes a hare to a deceptive Horseman?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: concerns · What happens: follow, fable, relinquish · To what, where: concerns, hare, deceptive Horseman

This is exam question 1 of lesson 406 «Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27: seven short fables, each with a 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fables	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 fables	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fables	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fables	nsubj
5	fables	fable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fables	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Hunter	det
8	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 concerns	appos
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 relinquishes	nsubj
10	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concerns	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hare	det
12	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relinquishes	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 Horseman	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Horseman	det
15	deceptive	deceptive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Horseman	amod
16	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relinquishes	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fables	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fable	present		concerns		tree rules
3	relinquish	present	concerns	a hare	a deceptive Horseman	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hare=Theme to horseman=Recipient

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

The Hunter and the Deceptive Horseman who Bargains for a Hare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hunter	det
2	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Horseman	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Horseman	det
5	Deceptive	deceptive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Horseman	amod
6	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hunter	conj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 Bargains	nsubj
8	Bargains	Bargain	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 Horseman	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 Hare	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Hare	det
11	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bargains	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Hunter and the Horseman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hunter	det
2	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Horseman	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Horseman	det
5	Horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hunter	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Olive-Tree and the Fig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Tree	det
2	Olive	olive	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Tree	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Olive	punct
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Fig	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fig	det
7	Fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Tree	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea that Speaks in a Woman's Form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Man	det
2	Shipwrecked	shipwreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Man	amod
3	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Sea	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Man	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 Speaks	nsubj
8	Speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Man	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 Form	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Woman	det
11	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Form	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Woman	case
13	Form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Speaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	shipwreck	participle			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	present	the Shipwrecked Man and the Sea	a Woman's Form	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	form		a Woman		nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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