Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox trick…
In what manner does the lion become restrained by the fox?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: do, become, restrain · To what, where: lion, manner
This is exam question 3 of lesson 770 «Household Tales, The Fox and the Horse: a clever fox tricks a proud lion» 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 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | 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 lion | det |
| 6 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 7 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lion | acl:relcl |
| 8 | restrained | restrain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lion | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 fox | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fox | det |
| 11 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 restrained | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the lion | what manner | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | become | present | the lion not said here | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | restrain | participle | the lion not said here | by the fox | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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
His feet are bound by thorns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 feet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bound | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bound | aux:pass |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 thorns | case |
| 6 | thorns | thorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bound | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | present · passive | thorns | His feet | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His limbs are bound fast by cord
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 limbs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bound | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bound | aux:pass |
| 4 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 bound | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 cord | case |
| 7 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bound | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | present · passive | cord | His limbs | fast property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3
His head is caught in a net
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 head | nmod:poss |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 caught | aux:pass |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 net | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 net | det |
| 7 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | His head | a net | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Roped tight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roped | rope | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 1 Roped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rope | participle | tight property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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