Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

What was the outcome of the ambassadors' attempt to convey the princess by water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ambassadors · What happens: be, convey, attempt · To what, where: outcome, princess

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 attempt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ambassadors	det
7	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 attempt	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 ambassadors	case
9	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 convey	mark
11	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 attempt	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 princess	det
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 convey	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 water	case
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 convey	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome	of the ambassadors's attempt	tree rules
2	convey	to-infinitive		the princess	by water	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic
3	attempt		the ambassadors			nom attempt «act 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

The princess returned home with the ambassadors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	nsubj
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 returned	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 ambassadors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ambassadors	det
7	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	the princess					with the ambassadors; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They drowned in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	They			the river			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The boat sank and the ambassadors swam ashore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 swam	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ambassadors	det
6	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swam	nsubj
7	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sank	conj
8	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	7 swam	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the boat						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	swim	past	the ambassadors					ashore property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The princess and the ambassadors disappeared with the boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disappeared	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ambassadors	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ambassadors	det
5	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 princess	conj
6	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 boats	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boats	det
9	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 disappeared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	past	the princess and the ambassadors					with the boats	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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