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

It is given that the Cat declined to forgo his claim to walk by himself. Select the response most consistent with the conduct of the Dog thereafter.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cat, you · What happens: give, decline, not forgo, walk, claim, select · To what, where: It, claim, response, Dog

This is exam question 3 of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» 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 declined to forgo his claim to walk by himself.

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 declined	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declined	nsubj
7	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 forgo	mark
9	forgo	forgo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 declined	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 claim	nmod:poss
11	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgo	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 walk	mark
13	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 forgo	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 himself	case
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 walk	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	decline	past	the Cat			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not forgo	to-infinitive	the Cat not said here	Cat's claim		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent claim=Location
4	walk	to-infinitive	the Cat not said here		by Cat	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory
5	claim		Cat			nom claim «communication transitive»: 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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with the conduct of the Dog thereafter.

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	_	8 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Dog	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Dog	det
11	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod
12	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	1 Select	advmod
13	.	.	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				thereafter property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	conduct			the Dog					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1

He withdrew to the Wet Wild Woods

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 withdrew	nsubj
2	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 Woods	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woods	det
5	Wet	Wet	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Woods	compound
6	Wild	Wild	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Woods	compound
7	Woods	Woods	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 withdrew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw	past	He			the Wet Wild Woods			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to woods=Initial_Location

Option 2

He shared his bones with the Cat

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 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bones	nmod:poss
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shared	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 Cat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cat	det
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	He	his bones				with the Cat	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He undertook to chase the Cat up a tree whenever they should meet

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 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 chase	mark
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	4 chase	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obj
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 meet	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 meet	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 meet	aux
13	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 chase	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	past	He			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	chase up	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Cat		tree rules
3	meet	should	they		whenever property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was reconciled with the Cat

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 reconciled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reconciled	aux:pass
3	reconciled	reconcile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 Cat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reconciled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reconcile	past · passive		He				with the Cat	tree rules

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