Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Identify the condition imposed by the Woman upon Wild Dog in exchange for roast bones.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, impose · To what, where: condition, exchange

This is exam question 1 of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 condition	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woman	det
7	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl:agent
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 Dog	case
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	10 Dog	flat
10	Dog	Dog	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Woman	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 exchange	case
12	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imposed	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 bones	case
14	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bones	compound
15	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 exchange	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	impose	participle		the condition not said here		exchange for roast bones			vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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

That he assist the Man in hunting by day and guard the Cave by night

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 assist	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 assist	nsubj
3	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Man	det
5	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 day	case
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 guard	cc
11	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 assist	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cave	det
13	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guard	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	infinitive	That		the Man	hunting	day		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary
2	guard	infinitive	That not said here	the Cave			night		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary

Option 2

That he help the Cat hunt by day and sleep in the Cave at night

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 help	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obj
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 day	case
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sleep	cc
10	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Cave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cave	det
13	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	infinitive	That	the Cat					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cat=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hunt	infinitive	the Cat not said here			the Cave	day; night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location

Option 3

That he assist the Man in hunting by day and guard the Cave by night, and never eat any of the Woman's roast mutton

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 assist	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 assist	nsubj
3	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Man	det
5	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 hunting	case
7	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 day	case
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assist	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 guard	cc
11	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 assist	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cave	det
13	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guard	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 guard	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 eat	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 eat	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 eat	advmod
19	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 assist	parataxis
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	26 mutton	det
21	of	of	ADP	_	25 roast	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Woman	det
23	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 roast	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 Woman	case
25	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 any	nmod
26	mutton	mutton	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	assist	infinitive	That		the Man	hunting	day	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary
2	guard	infinitive	That not said here	the Cave			night	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Beneficiary
3	not eat	infinitive		any mutton				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mutton=Patient

Option 4

That he serve the Woman in the kitchen by day and guard the Woods by night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 serve	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 serve	nsubj
3	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Woman	det
5	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 serve	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 serve	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 day	case
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 serve	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 guard	cc
12	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 serve	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Woods	det
14	Woods	Woods	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 guard	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 night	case
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	infinitive	That	the Woman		the kitchen	day		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent woman=Value in kitchen=Location
2	guard	infinitive	That not said here		the Woods		night		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woods=Beneficiary

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