Exam question 4 · Aesop's Fables, The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea, part 27:…

What does the Brazier declare, in the closing admonition of his fable, to be the source of every blessing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brazier · What happens: declare, close, be, admonish · To what, where: closing admonition, source, fable

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 declare	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 declare	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Brazier	det
4	Brazier	Brazier	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 declare	nsubj
5	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 admonition	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 admonition	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 admonition	det
9	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 admonition	amod
10	admonition	admonition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declare	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 fable	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fable	nmod:poss
13	fable	fable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 admonition	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 source	punct
15	to	to	PART	_	18 source	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 source	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 source	det
18	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declare	parataxis
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 blessing	case
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 blessing	det
21	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 source	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	present · do-support	the Brazier		the closing admonition of his fable		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute
2	close	gerund					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is a	to-infinitive		the source		of every blessing	tree rules
4	admonish			his fable			nom admonition «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 right answer

Labor is the source of every blessing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 source	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 source	det
4	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blessing	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 blessing	det
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Labor	the source				of every blessing	tree rules

Option 2

Labor is the source of every blessing, so the idle dog should be sent away from the shop

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 source	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 source	det
4	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blessing	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 blessing	det
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sent	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 sent	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	nsubj:pass
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 sent	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 sent	aux:pass
15	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 source	acl
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 sent	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 shop	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 shop	det
19	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Labor	the source				of every blessing	tree rules
2	send away	should · passive	the source not said here	the idle dog		the shop		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from shop=Source

Option 3

Patience brings every reward wisely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
5	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	2 brings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Patience	every reward				wisely property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reward=Theme

Option 4

Labor is the source of every blessing and the only path to honest wealth in life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Labor	labor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 source	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 source	det
4	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 blessing	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 blessing	det
7	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 path	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 path	det
10	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 path	amod
11	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blessing	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 honest	mark
13	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wealth	amod
14	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 path	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 source	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Labor	the source		life		of every blessing and the only path honest wealth	tree rules

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