Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

In which fable does the Sea, assuming the form of a woman, attribute the agitation of its waters to the winds?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, assume, attribute, form · To what, where: Sea, fable, form, agitation, woman

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 fable	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 fable	det
3	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 assuming	punct
8	assuming	assume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 does	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 form	det
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assuming	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 woman	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 woman	det
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 form	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 attribute	punct
15	attribute	attribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 assuming	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 agitation	det
17	agitation	agitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attribute	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 waters	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 waters	nmod:poss
20	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 agitation	nmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 winds	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 winds	det
23	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 attribute	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	the Sea	which fable		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Eventuality
2	assume	gerund	the form of a woman			vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
3	attribute	infinitive	the agitation of agitation's waters		to the winds	tree rules
4	form		a woman			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 Countryman and the Buffoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2

The Brazier and the Dog who Slept on the Mat While the Hammering Went On

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Brazier	det
2	Brazier	Brazier	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Slept	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Dog	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dog	det
5	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Brazier	conj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 Slept	nsubj
7	Slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 Mat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mat	det
10	Mat	Mat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Slept	obl
11	While	while	SCONJ	_	14 Went	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Went	det
13	Hammering	Hammering	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Went	compound
14	Went	Went	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Slept	obl
15	On	on	ADP	_	7 Slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	the Brazier and the Dog	the Hammering Went		the Mat			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shipwreck	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The Crow and the Serpent that Bit it Before it Could Eat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Crow	det
2	Crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Eat	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Serpent	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Serpent	det
5	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Crow	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 Bit	nsubj
7	Bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Crow	acl:relcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Bit	obj
9	Before	before	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Bit	obl
11	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 Eat	aux
12	Eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	the Crow and the Serpent	Serpent		Serpent			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient before it=Location
2	eat	could	the Crow and the Serpent						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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