--- title: Which portion did the jackal allocate to the lion for his evening me… — Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Ja… · tree and pragmatics description: Which portion did the jackal allocate to the lion for his evening meal? Exam question 3 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1164-pg3027-part30/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Ja…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1164-pg3027-part30/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, p… Which portion did the jackal allocate to the lion for his evening meal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** portion · **What happens:** allocate · **To what, where:** lion This is exam question 3 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1164-pg3027-part30/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e3:1 # text = Which portion did the jackal allocate to the lion for his evening meal? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 jackal jackal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 allocate allocate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allocate** | past · do-support | which portion | | the lion | | | for jackal's evening meal | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to lion=Goal | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The fattest ram and the youngest kid of the flock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e3:o1:1 # text = The fattest ram and the youngest kid of the flock 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fattest fat ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e3:o2:1 # text = The sheep 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The little lamb with the white ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e3:o3:1 # text = The little lamb with the white ears 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The lamb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e3:o4:1 # text = The lamb 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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