Exam question 3 · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

Which of the following accurately describes the behaviour of the wild boars when the shepherd plays upon his flute?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shepherd · What happens: follow, describe, play · To what, where: behaviour

This is exam question 3 of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 behaviour	det
8	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 boars	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boars	det
11	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 boars	amod
12	boars	boar	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 behaviour	nmod
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 plays	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shepherd	det
15	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 plays	nsubj
16	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 boars	advcl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 flute	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 flute	nmod:poss
19	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 plays	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the behaviour of the wild boars	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent behaviour=Theme
3	play	present	the shepherd		upon shepherd's flute	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: 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

They first shrink away, then rise upon their hind legs and dance in a slow and then increasingly rapid manner

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shrink	nsubj
2	first	first	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shrink	aux
3	shrink	shrink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 shrink	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rise	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 rise	advmod
7	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shrink	conj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 legs	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 legs	nmod:poss
10	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 legs	amod
11	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rise	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dance	cc
13	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 legs	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	21 manner	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 manner	det
16	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 manner	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 rapid	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 rapid	advmod
19	increasingly	increasingly	ADV	_	20 rapid	advmod
20	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 slow	conj
21	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink away		They					away property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	rise	infinitive	They not said here			a slow manner	then	upon their hind legs and dance	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon leg=Location

Option 2

They first charge at him, then stop and dance in a circle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 charge	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 charge	advmod
3	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 charge	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 charge	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dance	cc
10	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stop	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 circle	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 circle	det
13	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present	They			at him = he; first property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory
2	stop	infinitive	They not said here		then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	dance	infinitive	They not said here	a circle			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Location

Option 3

They first wander off, then rise on hind legs and dance quickly in a happy ring

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wander	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 wander	advmod
3	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 wander	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rise	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 rise	advmod
7	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wander	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 legs	case
9	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legs	amod
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rise	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dance	cc
12	dance	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wander	conj
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	12 dance	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 ring	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 ring	det
16	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ring	amod
17	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander off	present	They			first property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rise	infinitive	They not said here	hind legs	then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location
3	dance	present	They not said here	a happy ring		quickly property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ring=Location

Option 4

They first grow angry, then stand up and dance in a slow and increasingly fast way

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grow	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 grow	advmod
3	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grow	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stand	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stand	advmod
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grow	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 stand	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dance	cc
10	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 stand	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	17 way	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 way	det
13	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 way	amod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fast	cc
15	increasingly	increasingly	ADV	_	16 fast	advmod
16	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 slow	conj
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dance	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	They			angry, first property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand up	infinitive	They not said here		then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dance	infinitive	They not said here	a slow way			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location

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