Exam question 3 · Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12:…

What was the immediate consequence of the colt's tail striking the gatepost during the escape from the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: immediate consequence · What happens: be, strike · To what, where: immediate consequence, gatepost

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 tail	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 colt	det
8	colt	colt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tail	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 colt	case
10	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	striking	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 consequence	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gatepost	det
13	gatepost	gatepost	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 striking	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 escape	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 escape	det
16	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 striking	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 palace	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 escape	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence				of the colt's tail	tree rules
2	strike	gerund	the immediate consequence not said here	the gatepost			during the escape from the palace		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gatepost=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 · ✓ the right answer

The king seized the bridle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	nsubj
3	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bridle	det
5	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	the king	the bridle					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme

Option 2

The horse ran from the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the horse			the walls			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wall=Trajectory

Option 3

The gate was barred shut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barred	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 barred	aux:pass
4	barred	bar	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 barred	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bar	past · passive		the gate				shut property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The king chased them out of the palace and across the whole country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	nsubj
3	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chased	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 palace	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 country	cc
10	across	across	ADP	_	13 country	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 country	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 country	amod
13	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 palace	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	the king	them = they		the palace and the whole country			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out palace=Trajectory

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