Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…
With what degree of cunning did Pinkel procure the lantern from the witch's dwelling, and by which means did he effect his escape?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pinkel · What happens: procure, mean, do, effect, escape · To what, where: lantern, dwelling, escape · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 degree | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 degree | det |
| 3 | degree | degree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 procure | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 cunning | case |
| 5 | cunning | cunning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 degree | nmod |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 procure | aux |
| 7 | Pinkel | Pinkel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 procure | nsubj |
| 8 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lantern | det |
| 10 | lantern | lantern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 procure | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 dwelling | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 witch | det |
| 13 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 witch | case |
| 15 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 procure | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 means | cc |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 which | case |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 means | nsubj |
| 20 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 procure | parataxis |
| 21 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 means | ccomp |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 effect | nsubj |
| 23 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 did | parataxis |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 escape | nmod:poss |
| 25 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 effect | nmod |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 procure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procure | past · do-support | Pinkel | the lantern | the witch's dwelling | with what degree of cunning | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lantern=Theme from dwelling=Source | ||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | effect | Pinkel | Pinkel's escape | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | escape | Pinkel | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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 right answer
He salted her supper, drew off her daughter with the lamp, and rowed away with the prize
The tree, 17 words
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 salted | nsubj |
| 2 | salted | salt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 supper | nmod:poss |
| 4 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 salted | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 drew | punct |
| 6 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 salted | conj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 daughter | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 lamp | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lamp | det |
| 12 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rowed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rowed | cc |
| 15 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 salted | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 rowed | advmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 prize | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prize | det |
| 19 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | salt | past | He | her supper | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent supper=Destination | ||||
| 2 | draw off | past | He not said here | her daughter | with the lamp | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | |||
| 3 | row away | past | He not said here | with the prize; away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He drugged her stew, lured the daughter outside, and escaped on horseback with the lantern
The tree, 15 words
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 drugged | nsubj |
| 2 | drugged | drug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 stew | nmod:poss |
| 4 | stew | stew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drugged | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lured | punct |
| 6 | lured | lure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drugged | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 daughter | det |
| 8 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lured | obj |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 6 lured | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 escaped | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 escaped | cc |
| 12 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 drugged | parataxis |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 horseback | case |
| 14 | horseback | horseback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 escaped | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 lantern | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lantern | det |
| 17 | lantern | lantern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 escaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drug | past | He | her stew | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent stew=Destination | ||||
| 2 | lure | past | He not said here | the daughter | outside property | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | |||
| 3 | escape | participle | horseback | with the lantern | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stew | her = she | nom stew «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He ruined her meal, tricked her daughter away, and paddled off with the lantern
The tree, 14 words
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 ruined | nsubj |
| 2 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 meal | nmod:poss |
| 4 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruined | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tricked | punct |
| 6 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ruined | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 8 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tricked | obj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 tricked | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 paddled | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 paddled | cc |
| 12 | paddled | paddle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 ruined | conj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 paddled | compound:prt |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 lantern | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 lantern | det |
| 16 | lantern | lantern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 paddled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | past | He | her meal | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient | ||||
| 2 | trick away | past | He not said here | her daughter | away property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | |||
| 3 | paddle off | participle | He not said here | with the lantern | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He salted her supper, drew off her daughter with the lamp, and rowed away with the prize while the witch slept soundly in her chair by the fire
The tree, 28 words
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 salted | nsubj |
| 2 | salted | salt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 supper | nmod:poss |
| 4 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 salted | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 drew | punct |
| 6 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 salted | conj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 daughter | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 lamp | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lamp | det |
| 12 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rowed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rowed | cc |
| 15 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 salted | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 rowed | advmod |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 prize | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prize | det |
| 19 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rowed | obl |
| 20 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 23 slept | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 witch | det |
| 22 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 slept | nsubj |
| 23 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 rowed | advcl |
| 24 | soundly | soundly | ADV | _ | 23 slept | advmod |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 chair | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 chair | nmod:poss |
| 27 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 slept | obl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 fire | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 fire | det |
| 30 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 slept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | salt | past | He | her supper | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent supper=Destination | ||||
| 2 | draw off | past | He not said here | her daughter | with the lamp | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | |||
| 3 | row away | past | He not said here | with the prize; away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | sleep | past | the witch | witch's chair | by the fire; soundly property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location |
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