Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…
Which fable describes a rustic who, having observed the Buffoon's performance, reproduces the squeaking of a pig in a more natural manner?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fable, performance, Buffoon · What happens: describe, observe, reproduce, perform · To what, where: a, performance, squeaking, natural manner
This is exam question 3 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 fable | det |
| 2 | fable | fable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 describes | obj |
| 5 | rustic | rustic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 a | acl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 observed | punct |
| 8 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 observed | aux |
| 9 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rustic | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Buffoon | det |
| 11 | Buffoon | Buffoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 performance | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Buffoon | case |
| 13 | performance | performance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 observed | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 reproduces | punct |
| 15 | reproduces | reproduce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 performance | acl:relcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 squeaking | det |
| 17 | squeaking | squeaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reproduces | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 pig | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 pig | det |
| 20 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 squeaking | nmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 manner | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 manner | det |
| 23 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 natural | advmod |
| 24 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 manner | amod |
| 25 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reproduces | obl |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which fable | a | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent a=Theme | ||||
| 2 | observe | gerund · perfect · passive | the Buffoon's performance | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | reproduce | present | the Buffoon's performance not said here | the squeaking of a pig | a natural manner | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent squeaking=Patient | |||
| 4 | perform | the Buffoon | nom performance «communication transitive»: 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
The Buffoon and the Countryman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Buffoon | det |
| 2 | Buffoon | Buffoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Countryman | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Countryman | det |
| 5 | Countryman | Countryman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Buffoon | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
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 3
The Frogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Frogs | det |
| 2 | Frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
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.
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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