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Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave. Select the response most consistent with his subsequent conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cat, you · What happens: give, follow, select, conduct · To what, where: It, animal, Cave, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Cat followed each animal to the Cave.

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	_	7 followed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 followed	nsubj
7	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 followed	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Cave	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Cave	det
12	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 followed	obl
13	.	.	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	follow	past	the Cat	each animal		the Cave			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to cave=Trajectory

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 response most consistent with his subsequent conduct.

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 conduct	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conduct	amod
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	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 response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	conduct		Cat						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He returned alone to the Woods and informed nobody

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Woods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Woods	det
6	Woods	Woods	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 returned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 informed	cc
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Woods	conj
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 informed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					to the Woods result; alone property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to woods=Result
2	inform speech: other	participle	He not said here		nobody				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

Option 2

He returned alone to the Cave and informed the Woman

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Cave	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cave	det
6	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 informed	cc
8	informed	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Woman	det
10	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 informed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					to the Cave result; alone property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to cave=Result
2	inform speech: other	past	He not said here		the Woman				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient

Option 3

He stayed by the Cave and told the Woman

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Cave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cave	det
5	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woman	det
9	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					by the Cave	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by cave=Location
2	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		the Woman				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient

Option 4

He returned alone to the Woods, informed nobody, and then went straight back to make his own bargain with the Woman

The tree, 21 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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Woods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Woods	det
6	Woods	Woods	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 returned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 informed	punct
8	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Woods	acl
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 informed	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 went	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 went	advmod
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	conj
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 back	advmod
15	back	back	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 make	mark
17	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 went	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 bargain	nmod:poss
19	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bargain	amod
20	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 make	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 Woman	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Woman	det
23	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					to the Woods result; alone property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to woods=Result
2	inform speech: other	participle		the Woods not said here	nobody				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient
3	go	past	He not said here				then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	his own bargain				with the Woman	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product
5	bargain		his = he						nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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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