Exam question 4 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre…

Which of the following accurately describes the boots of seven leagues, as the narrator reports them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator · What happens: follow, describe, report · To what, where: boots

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boots	det
8	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 leagues	case
10	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 leagues	nummod
11	leagues	league	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boots	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reports	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 reports	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrator	det
15	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reports	nsubj
16	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 reports	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the boots of seven leagues	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent boot=Theme
3	report	present	the narrator	boots = boot		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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

They allow the wearer to jump high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 allow	nsubj
2	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wearer	det
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allow	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 jump	mark
6	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 allow	xcomp
7	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present	They	the wearer					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer wearer=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	jump not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wearer not said here					high property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They enable the wearer to stride great distances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enable	nsubj
2	enable	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wearer	det
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enable	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stride	mark
6	stride	stride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enable	xcomp
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distances	amod
8	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stride	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	They	the wearer					tree rules
2	stride	to-infinitive	the wearer not said here	great distances					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme distance=Trajectory

Option 3

They allow the wearer to take enormous steps across mountains and rivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 allow	nsubj
2	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wearer	det
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 allow	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 allow	xcomp
7	enormous	enormous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steps	amod
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	10 mountains	case
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rivers	cc
12	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 mountains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present	They	the wearer					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer wearer=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wearer not said here	enormous steps		mountains and rivers			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme

Option 4

They let the wearer walk very far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wearer	det
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	nsubj
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 let	ccomp
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 far	advmod
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	They						tree rules
2	walk	present	the wearer					far property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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