Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, pa…

In what manner did the young man dispose of his wife at the gates of the king's palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: young man dispose, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1158 «Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dispose	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dispose	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dispose	compound
8	dispose	dispose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 wife	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dispose	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 gates	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gates	det
14	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 palace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 palace	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gates	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the young man dispose of his wife		what manner		at the gates of the king's palace	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispose=Eventuality

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

He departed and left her there alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 departed	nsubj
2	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 left	cc
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 departed	conj
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 left	advmod
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	He						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	He not said here	her = she		there		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

He wandered off into the forest and left her standing alone at the gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 wandered	compound:prt
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wandered	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 standing	nmod:poss
10	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 left	obj
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 left	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 gates	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gates	det
14	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wander off	past	He		the forest		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination
2	leave	past	He not said here	her standing	the gates	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent standing=Theme at gate=Location
3	stand		her = she				nom standing «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He went away and left her waiting there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 left	cc
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	obj
7	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 went	advcl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 waiting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go away	past	He			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	past	He not said here	her = she			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	wait	gerund	He not said here		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He abandoned her at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	He	her = she		the gate			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme she=Source

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