Exam question 2 · Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got…

Ascertain the meaning of the expression "the aboriginal Fauna" as employed by the hunter in his enquiry.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: ascertain, employ, mean, enquire · To what, where: meaning, expression

This is exam question 2 of lesson 77 «Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), 4: How the Leopard got his Spots, part 1 (the game goes into the forest)» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Fauna	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fauna	det
9	aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Fauna	amod
10	Fauna	fauna	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expression	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Fauna	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 employed	mark
13	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 hunter	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hunter	det
16	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 employed	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 enquiry	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 enquiry	nmod:poss
19	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hunter	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the expression		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here		by the hunter in his enquiry	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the expression		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	enquire		his = he			nom enquiry «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 animals native to that region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 native	nsubj
3	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 region	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 region	det
6	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 native	obl

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

Option 2

The rocks and minerals native to that region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rocks	det
2	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 minerals	cc
4	minerals	mineral	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rocks	conj
5	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rocks	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 region	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 region	det
8	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 native	obl

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

Option 3

The flowering plants native to that region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plants	det
2	flowering	flowering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plants	compound
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 native	nsubj
4	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 region	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 region	det
7	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 native	obl

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

Option 4

The people formerly native to that region

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 native	nsubj
3	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	4 native	advmod
4	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 region	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 region	det
7	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 native	obl

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

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