Exam question 1 · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

Which of the following accurately describes the consequence of the stepdaughter's conduct upon the cottage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepdaughter · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stepdaughter	det
11	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 stepdaughter	case
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consequence	nmod
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 cottage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cottage	det
16	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod
17	?	?	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 consequence of the stepdaughter's conduct upon the cottage	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
3	conduct		the stepdaughter		upon the cottage	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

The orchard was washed away entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 orchard	det
2	orchard	orchard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 washed	aux:pass
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	past · passive		the orchard				away, entirely property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cottage was consumed by flames

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cottage	det
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 flames	case
6	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	flames	the cottage					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 3

The barn was struck by lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 barn	det
2	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 lightning	case
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	lightning	the barn					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

The cottage was consumed by flames and the neighbours fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cottage	det
2	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 flames	case
6	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 neighbours	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 neighbours	det
9	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flames	conj
10	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flames	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	flames and the neighbours	the cottage					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	flee	past	flames and the neighbours not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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