Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:…

Pursuant to the narrative, state the manner in which the vixen effected the wolf's descent into the well.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, vixen, wolf · What happens: state, affect, descend · To what, where: manner, narrative, descent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	6 state	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 state	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct
6	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 state	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 effected	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 vixen	det
12	vixen	vixen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 effected	nsubj
13	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wolf	det
15	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 descent	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 wolf	case
17	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 effected	obj
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 well	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 well	det
20	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 effected	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner	the narrative		pursuant property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent manner=Topic to narrative=Recipient
2	affect	past	the vixen	the wolf's descent		the manner	into the well	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus descent=Experiencer
3	descend		the wolf					nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=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

By lowering him with a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lowering	mark
2	lowering	lower	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lowering	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	gerund		him = he				with a rope	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

By pushing the bucket with her paws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pushing	mark
2	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bucket	det
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushing	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 paws	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 paws	nmod:poss
7	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	gerund		the bucket				with her paws	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme

Option 3

By shouting from the top of the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 shouting	mark
2	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 top	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 top	det
5	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouting	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				the top of the wall			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By directing him into the second bucket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 directing	mark
2	directing	direct	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 directing	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 bucket	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bucket	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 bucket	amod
7	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 directing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	gerund		him = he		the second bucket			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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