Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

Which of the following is the immediate cause of the doe's injury?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doe · What happens: follow, be, injure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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	8 cause	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 cause	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cause	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cause	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cause	amod
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 injury	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 doe	det
11	doe	doe	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 injury	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 doe	case
13	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the immediate cause; of the doe's injury	tree rules
3	injure		the doe		nom injury «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 · ← Mova's choice

A bolt shot by the huntsman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bolt	det
2	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bolt	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 huntsman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 huntsman	det
6	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	participle		a bolt not said here				by the huntsman	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by huntsman=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An arrow discharged by the prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrow	det
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arrow	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 prince	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	participle		a arrow not said here				by the prince	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

An arrow discharged by the prince from a great distance across the glade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrow	det
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arrow	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 prince	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discharged	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 distance	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 distance	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 distance	amod
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discharged	obl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 glade	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 glade	det
13	glade	glade	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	participle		a arrow not said here				by the prince; from a great distance across the glade	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from distance=Source

Option 4

A poisoned arrow discharged by the old huntsman who was hiding in the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arrow	det
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrow	amod
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hiding	nsubj
4	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 arrow	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 huntsman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 huntsman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 huntsman	amod
8	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discharged	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hiding	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hiding	aux
11	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 trees	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trees	det
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	poison	participle					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	discharge	participle		a poisoned arrow not said here		by the old huntsman	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hide	past · progressive	a poisoned arrow		the trees		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location

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