Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3027, Ian and the Grey Horse: Ian wins the bride…

What became of the sixteen stable-boys after they consumed the drinks?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boys · What happens: become, consume · To what, where: drinks

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1143 «Gutenberg 3027, Ian and the Grey Horse: Ian wins the bride, the spells break, and the false brothers are shamed» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 boys	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boys	det
5	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 boys	nummod
6	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boys	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 stable	punct
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 consumed	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 consumed	nsubj
11	consumed	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 drinks	det
13	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 consumed	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past						of the sixteen stable boys	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	consume	past	boys = boy	the drinks					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Asset

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

they fell into a deep stupor and snored

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 stupor	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stupor	det
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stupor	amod
6	stupor	stupor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 snored	cc
8	snored	snore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stupor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	they					into a deep stupor result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into stupor=Result
2	snore	participle	they not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

they fell asleep soundly

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	they					asleep, soundly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

they all fell into a heavy stupor at once

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	3 fell	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 fell	advmod
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 stupor	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stupor	det
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stupor	amod
7	stupor	stupor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	they			a heavy stupor			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they fell into a stupor

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 stupor	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stupor	det
5	stupor	stupor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	they					into a stupor result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into stupor=Result

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