Exam question 1 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre…

Which of the following describes the object with which the Ogre attempted to dispatch the children, as narrated in this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ogre · What happens: follow, be, attempt, dispatch, narrate · To what, where: children, part

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1089 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre kills his own daughters by mistake and the boys flee» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 object	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 object	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 object	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 object	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 attempted	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Ogre	det
11	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 attempted	nsubj
12	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 object	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 dispatch	mark
14	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempted	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dispatch	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 narrated	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 narrated	mark
19	narrated	narrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 attempted	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 part	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 part	det
22	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 narrated	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				of the object	tree rules
3	attempt	past	the Ogre			with the object	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	dispatch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Ogre not said here	the children			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
5	narrate speech: other	participle	the Ogre not said here		this part		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: 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

a great knife, whetted upon a stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whetted	punct
5	whetted	whet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knife	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whetted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whet	participle		a great knife not said here				upon a stone	tree rules

Option 2

a big axe, sharpened on iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 axe	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 axe	amod
3	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sharpened	punct
5	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 axe	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 iron	case
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sharpened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	participle		a big axe not said here		iron			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

a huge blade sharpened on a grindstone near the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blade	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blade	amod
3	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 blade	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grindstone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grindstone	det
7	grindstone	grindstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sharpened	obl
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sharpened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	participle		a huge blade not said here		a grindstone		near the fire	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

a great knife, sharpened on a stone and stored in the pantry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sharpened	punct
5	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knife	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 stone	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sharpened	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stored	cc
10	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sharpened	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 pantry	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pantry	det
13	pantry	pantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sharpen	participle		a great knife not said here		a stone			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	store	participle				the pantry			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pantry=Location

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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