Exam question 2 · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…

What happened to the seven weavers as they crossed the dry ravine, and how did the farmer resolve their confusion?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: weavers, farmer · What happens: happen, cross, resolve, confuse · To what, where: dry ravine, confusion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» 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 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 weavers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weavers	det
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 weavers	nummod
6	weavers	weaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happened	obl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 crossed	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crossed	nsubj
9	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 happened	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ravine	det
11	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ravine	amod
12	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crossed	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 resolve	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 resolve	cc
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 resolve	advmod
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 resolve	aux
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 farmer	det
18	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 resolve	nsubj
19	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 happened	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 confusion	nmod:poss
21	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 resolve	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	past			to the seven weavers	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cross	past	weavers = weaver	the dry ravine		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ravine=Patient
3	resolve	past · do-support	the farmer	weavers's confusion		tree rules
4	confuse		weavers = weaver			nom confusion «state transitive»: 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

The seven weavers, while crossing the ravine, failed to count themselves, so the farmer struck each of them while counting, and then they all walked home together to buy wool.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weavers	det
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 weavers	nummod
3	weavers	weaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 failed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crossing	punct
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 crossing	mark
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 weavers	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ravine	det
8	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 weavers	punct
10	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 count	mark
12	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 failed	xcomp
13	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 count	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 struck	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 struck	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 farmer	det
17	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 struck	nsubj
18	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 failed	conj
19	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 struck	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 each	nmod
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	23 counting	mark
23	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 struck	advcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 walked	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 walked	cc
26	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 walked	advmod
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 walked	nsubj
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 they	det
29	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 failed	conj
30	home	home	ADV	_	29 walked	advmod
31	together	together	ADV	_	29 walked	advmod
32	to	to	PART	_	33 buy	mark
33	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 walked	advcl
34	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 buy	obj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 failed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cross	gerund	the seven weavers not said here	the ravine			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ravine=Patient
2	fail	past	the seven weavers				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not count	to-infinitive	the seven weavers not said here	weavers = weaver			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme
4	strike	past	the farmer	each			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient
5	count	gerund	the farmer not said here				vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
6	walk	past	weavers = weaver		then	home, together property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	buy	to-infinitive	weavers = weaver not said here	wool			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme

Option 2

One weaver fell into the ravine, so the farmer called the others to count to seven in a line.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 weaver	nummod
2	weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 ravine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ravine	det
6	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 called	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	nsubj:pass
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fell	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 others	det
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 called	xcomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 count	mark
15	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 called	advcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 seven	case
17	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 count	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 line	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 line	det
20	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 count	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past	One weaver			into the ravine result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ravine=Result
2	call	participle · passive		the farmer			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	count	to-infinitive			a line	to seven	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to seven=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each weaver failed to count himself, and the farmer struck each while counting to seven

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 weaver	det
2	weaver	weaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 failed	nsubj
3	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 count	mark
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 failed	xcomp
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 count	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 struck	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 struck	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 struck	nsubj
11	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 failed	conj
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 struck	obj
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 counting	mark
14	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 struck	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 seven	case
16	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fail	past	each weaver			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not count	to-infinitive	each weaver not said here	weaver		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
3	strike	past	the farmer	each		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient
4	count	gerund	the farmer not said here		to seven	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to seven=Experiencer

Option 4

They forgot to count, so the farmer hit them.

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 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 count	mark
4	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hit	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 hit	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farmer	det
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	nsubj
9	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgot	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hit	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forget	past	They		tree rules
2	not count	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	hit	past	the farmer	them = they	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

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