Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the Tortoise's escape.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, Tortoise · What happens: select, establish, concern, escape · To what, where: response, escape

This is exam question 3 of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 facts	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Tortoise	det
12	Tortoise	Tortoise	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 escape	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Tortoise	case
14	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Tortoise's escape	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer
4	escape		the Tortoise		nom escape «act intransitive»: 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

He induced Jaguar to order him into the river, and swam away beneath the water

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 induced	nsubj
2	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 induced	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 order	mark
5	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 induced	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 order	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swam	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 swam	cc
12	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 induced	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 swam	advmod
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 water	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	induce	past	He	Jaguar				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaguar=Patient
2	order	to-infinitive	He not said here		Jaguar	the river		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	swim away	past	He not said here			the water	away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath water=Trajectory

Option 2

He fought Jaguar on the bank and won by sheer strength in the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 won	cc
8	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fought	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 strength	case
10	sheer	sheer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strength	compound
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 won	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 strength	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	He	Jaguar		the bank			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaguar=Co-Agent
2	win	participle	He not said here					by sheer strength in the sun	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He bit Jaguar's paw and climbed up the tall tree near the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 paw	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Jaguar	case
5	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 climbed	cc
7	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bit	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 climbed	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbed	obj
12	near	near	ADP	_	14 bank	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bank	det
14	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	He	Jaguar's paw					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Patient
2	climb up	past	He not said here	the tall tree		the bank			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

Option 4

He induced Jaguar to order him into the river, and then swam away beneath the water, leaving Jaguar with nothing but prickles

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 induced	nsubj
2	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 induced	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 order	mark
5	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 induced	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 order	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 swam	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 swam	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 swam	advmod
13	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 induced	conj
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 swam	advmod
15	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 swam	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 leaving	punct
19	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 swam	advcl
20	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 leaving	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 nothing	case
22	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 leaving	obl
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 prickles	cc
24	prickles	prickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	induce	past	He	Jaguar					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaguar=Patient
2	order	to-infinitive	He not said here		Jaguar	the river			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	swim away	past	He not said here			the water	then	away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath water=Trajectory
4	leave	gerund	He not said here		Jaguar			with nothing	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent jaguar=Recipient with nothing=Theme

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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