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Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

It is given that Pau Amma, rendered soft, declined to leave Pusat Tasek. Select the reason most consistent with his own words.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pau, you · What happens: give, render, decline, not leave, select, word · To what, where: It, Pusat, reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Pau Amma, rendered soft, declined to leave Pusat Tasek.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 rendered	mark
5	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 rendered	nsubj
6	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Pau	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Pau	punct
8	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rendered	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 declined	punct
11	declined	decline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 leave	mark
13	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 declined	xcomp
14	Pusat	Pusat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 leave	obj
15	Tasek	Tasek	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Pusat	flat
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	render	past	Pau					soft property	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	decline	participle							vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not leave	to-infinitive		Pusat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pusat=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Select the reason most consistent with his own words.

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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reason	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 words	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 words	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	word		Pau						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He feared that sharks and dogfish would devour him

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 devour	mark
4	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 devour	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dogfish	cc
6	dogfish	dogfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sharks	conj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 devour	aux
8	devour	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 devour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	devour	would	sharks and dogfish	him = he					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

He wanted to stay near the Magician's house

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	near	near	ADP	_	9 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Magician	det
7	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 house	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Magician	case
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			the Magician's house			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near house=Location

Option 3

He was afraid of Raja Kaban

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	3 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Raja	case
5	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
6	Kaban	Kaban	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Raja	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of Raja; afraid property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He feared the sharks and dogfish would eat him

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sharks	det
4	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feared	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 eat	cc
6	dogfish	dogfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eat	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 eat	aux
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He	the sharks					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus
2	eat	would	dogfish	him = he					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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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