Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well an…
In the passage, what is the principal means by which the toad is removed from the well?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal · What happens: be, remove · To what, where: passage, toad, well
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 passage | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 passage | det |
| 3 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 means | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 means | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 means | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 principal | det |
| 8 | principal | principal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | nsubj |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 which | case |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 removed | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 toad | det |
| 13 | toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 removed | aux:pass |
| 15 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 means | parataxis |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 well | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 well | det |
| 18 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 removed | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the principal | the passage | mean property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | remove | present · passive | the toad | the well | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from well=Source |
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
She is lifted in a basket by a rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lifted | aux:pass |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 basket | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 basket | det |
| 6 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 rope | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rope | det |
| 9 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | present · passive | a rope | She | a basket | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in basket=Destination |
Option 2
She is lifted out in a wooden bucket filled with water by the farm girl
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lifted | aux:pass |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 lifted | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bucket | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bucket | det |
| 7 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bucket | amod |
| 8 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| 9 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 bucket | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 water | case |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 filled | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 girl | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 girl | det |
| 14 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 girl | compound |
| 15 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 filled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift out | present · passive | She | a wooden bucket | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bucket=Destination | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | a wooden bucket not said here | with water; by the farm girl | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She is lifted out in a bucket filled with water, and the farm boy watches it all
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lifted | aux:pass |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 lifted | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bucket | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bucket | det |
| 7 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 bucket | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 watches | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 watches | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 boy | det |
| 14 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 boy | compound |
| 15 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 watches | nsubj |
| 16 | watches | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lifted | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 watches | obj |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift out | present · passive | She | a bucket | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bucket=Destination | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | a bucket not said here | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | watch | present | the farm boy | water | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She is lifted out in a bucket filled with water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lifted | aux:pass |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 lifted | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bucket | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bucket | det |
| 7 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obl |
| 8 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 bucket | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 filled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift out | present · passive | She | a bucket | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bucket=Destination | ||||
| 2 | fill | participle | a bucket not said here | with water | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with water=Instrument |
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