Exam question 1 · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

Which of the following accurately describes the girl's stated reason for departing the village?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stated reason · What happens: follow, describe, state, depart · To what, where: stated reason, village

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reason	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 girl	case
10	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 reason	amod
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 departing	mark
13	departing	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reason	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departing	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the girl's stated reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	depart	gerund	the girl's stated reason not said here	the village		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Initial_Location

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

A false report that her mother was gravely ill and wished to see her once more

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 ill	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ill	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
8	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	9 ill	advmod
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	acl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wished	cc
11	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ill	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wished	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 more	advmod
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	her mother	a false report not said here	gravely, ill property	tree rules
2	wish	participle	her mother not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	her mother not said here	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

A message that her father was dying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 message	det
2	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 dying	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dying	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dying	aux
7	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 message	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · progressive	her father	a message not said here					tree rules

Option 3

A false report that her mother had fallen down the stairs and could not walk anymore

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fallen	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 fallen	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fallen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fallen	aux
8	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	down	down	ADP	_	11 stairs	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stairs	det
11	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fallen	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 walk	cc
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 walk	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 walk	advmod
15	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fallen	conj
16	anymore	anymore	ADV	_	15 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past · perfect	a false report	the stairs					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result
2	not walk	could	a false report not said here					anymore property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A false report that her mother was gravely ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 report	det
2	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	amod
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 ill	mark
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ill	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ill	cop
8	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	9 ill	advmod
9	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 report	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	her mother	a false report not said here				gravely, ill property	tree rules

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