Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

Which of the following describes the action by which the boy obtains the white bird, as stated in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: follow, describe, obtain, state · To what, where: action, white bird, text

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 action	det
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 obtains	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boy	det
11	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtains	nsubj
12	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 action	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bird	det
14	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bird	amod
15	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtains	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stated	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 stated	mark
18	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 obtains	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 text	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 text	det
21	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stated	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	obtain	present	the boy	the white bird		by the action	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
4	state speech: other	participle	the boy not said here		the text		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

He catches the small brown bird flying above the courtyard wall

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 catches	nsubj
2	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
5	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catches	obj
7	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bird	acl
8	above	above	ADP	_	11 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
10	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wall	compound
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	He	the small brown bird					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	fly	gerund	the small brown bird not said here			the courtyard wall			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above wall=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He selects the small white bird hidden in a corner of the aviary

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 selects	nsubj
2	selects	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selects	obj
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bird	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 corner	det
10	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 aviary	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 aviary	det
13	aviary	aviary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	present	He	the small white bird					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	hide	participle		the small white bird not said here		a corner of the aviary			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location

Option 3

He takes the small white bird from a corner of the aviary, having first fed all the other birds and waited for dusk

The tree, 23 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 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 corner	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 corner	det
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 aviary	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 aviary	det
12	aviary	aviary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corner	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 having	punct
14	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 takes	advcl
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 fed	advmod
16	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 having	xcomp
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 birds	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 birds	det
19	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 birds	amod
20	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 having	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 waited	cc
22	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 dusk	case
24	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	He	the small white bird	a corner of the aviary			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bird=Theme from corner=Initial_Location
2	have	gerund	He not said here	all other birds				tree rules
3	feed	participle	all other birds not said here				first property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
4	wait	past	He not said here			dusk		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He selects the small white bird hidden in a corner of the aviary after the crows have driven off the others

The tree, 21 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 selects	nsubj
2	selects	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bird	amod
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 selects	obj
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bird	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 corner	det
10	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 aviary	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 aviary	det
13	aviary	aviary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 corner	nmod
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	18 driven	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crows	det
16	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 driven	nsubj:pass
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 driven	aux
18	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hidden	advcl
19	off	off	ADP	_	21 others	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 others	det
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	present	He	the small white bird			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	hide	participle		the small white bird not said here	a corner of the aviary		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location
3	drive off	present · perfect · passive		the crows		off the others	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme other=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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