Exam question 4 · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

What is the principal consequence of the girl's third attempt at resuscitation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: be, attempt · To what, where: principal consequence, resuscitation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 attempt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attempt	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 girl	case
10	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 attempt	amod
11	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 resuscitation	case
13	resuscitation	resuscitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attempt	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence				of the girl's third attempt at resuscitation	tree rules
2	attempt		the girl			resuscitation			nom attempt «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 · ← Mova's choice

The husband stops her and takes the head away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	nsubj
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stops	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 takes	cc
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stops	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 takes	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the husband	her = she					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector she=Eventuality
2	take away	present	the husband not said here	the head				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 2

The villagers arrive and she continues the work after they are sent home for the night.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 arrive	nsubj
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 continues	cc
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 continues	nsubj
6	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 arrive	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 work	det
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continues	obj
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 sent	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sent	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux:pass
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 continues	advcl
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 arrive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	the villagers				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	continue	present	she	the work			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent work=Theme
3	send	present · passive		villagers = villager	night	home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The buffalo's husband interrupts her and she continues the work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffalo	det
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 husband	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 buffalo	case
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interrupts	nsubj
5	interrupts	interrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 interrupts	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 continues	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 continues	nsubj
9	continues	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 interrupts	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 work	det
11	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 continues	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 interrupts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrupt	present	the buffalo's husband	her = she					tree rules
2	continue	present	she	the work					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent work=Theme

Option 4

The husband interrupts her and she sings the dirge while the buffalo stands and drinks from the lake.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interrupts	nsubj
3	interrupts	interrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 interrupts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sings	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sings	nsubj
7	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 interrupts	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dirge	det
9	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sings	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 stands	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 buffalo	det
12	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stands	nsubj
13	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sings	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 drinks	cc
15	drinks	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stands	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 lake	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lake	det
18	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drinks	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 interrupts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	interrupt	present	the husband	her = she		tree rules
2	sing speech: express	present	she	the dirge		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dirge=Theme
3	stand	present	the buffalo			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	drink	present	the buffalo not said here		the lake	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from lake=Source

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