Exam question 1 · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

At which location does the young wolf commence his angling expedition, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young wolf · What happens: do, commence, accord · To what, where: location, angling expedition

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	At	at	ADP	_	3 location	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wolf	amod
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 commence	nsubj
8	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 expedition	nmod:poss
10	angling	angling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expedition	compound
11	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 commence	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 narrative	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 narrative	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expedition	appos
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present			which location	tree rules
2	commence	present	the young wolf	wolf's angling expedition		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

Where the wide river slowly debouches into the sea beyond the forest and the hills

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 debouches	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
3	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 river	amod
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 debouches	nsubj
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 debouches	advmod
6	debouches	debouch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 debouches	obl
10	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	12 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forest	det
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 debouches	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hills	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 forest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	debouch	present	the wide river			the sea		beyond the forest and the hills; slowly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Where the river debouches into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 debouches	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 river	det
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 debouches	nsubj
4	debouches	debouch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 debouches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	debouch	present	the river			the sea			tree rules

Option 3

At the place the river meets the lake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 place	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 place	det
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meets	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meets	nsubj
6	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	the river	the lake		the place			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Co-Agent

Option 4

At a favourite spot where the great river finally debouches into the open sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 spot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spot	det
3	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 spot	amod
4	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 debouches	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 debouches	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 debouches	advmod
10	debouches	debouch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spot	acl:relcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 debouches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	debouch	present	the great river			the open sea		finally property	tree rules

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