Exam question 4 · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…
Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighbours' conduct at the close of the tale?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbours · What happens: follow, be, conduct · To what, where: close
This is exam question 4 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 | 9 account | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 account | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 account | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 account | case |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 account | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 account | det |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 appropriate | advmod |
| 8 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 account | amod |
| 9 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 conduct | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 neighbours | det |
| 12 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 12 neighbours | case |
| 14 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 account | nmod |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 close | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 close | det |
| 17 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 conduct | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 tale | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 tale | det |
| 20 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 close | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 account | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | of the appropriate account; of the neighbours's conduct at the close of the tale | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | conduct | the neighbours | the close of the tale | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |
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 gathered to celebrate the girl's wedding
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 gathered | nsubj |
| 2 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 celebrate | mark |
| 4 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gathered | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 celebrate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gather | past | They | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | celebrate | to-infinitive | They not said here | the girl's wedding | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wed | the girl | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
They threw water on the burning roof
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 threw | nsubj |
| 2 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 threw | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 roof | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 roof | det |
| 6 | burning | burning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 roof | compound |
| 7 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | They | water | the burning roof | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on roof=Destination |
Option 3
They rushed in to rescue the girl but failed
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 rushed | nsubj |
| 2 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 rushed | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 rescue | mark |
| 5 | rescue | rescue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 rushed | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rescue | obj |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 failed | cc |
| 9 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rushed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush in | past | They | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | rescue | to-infinitive | They not said here | the girl | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fail | past | They not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They arrived too late to save the household
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 arrived | nsubj |
| 2 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 late | advmod |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 arrived | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 save | mark |
| 6 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 late | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 household | det |
| 8 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | They | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | They not said here | the household | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=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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