Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

According to the narrative, what instruction did the Bad One issue to Lung Woman before departing to fetch the water-demons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, depart, fetch · To what, where: water demons

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 departing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	obj
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 departing	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 issue	det
10	Bad	Bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 issue	compound
11	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 Bad	flat
12	issue	issue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 Woman	case
14	Lung	Lung	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Woman	compound
15	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 issue	nmod
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 departing	mark
17	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	to	to	PART	_	19 fetch	mark
19	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 departing	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 demons	det
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 demons	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 water	punct
23	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 fetch	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 departing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	depart	past · do-support		accord the narrative	tree rules
3	fetch	to-infinitive	the water demons		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Theme

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

To clean the hut and close the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 clean	mark
2	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hut	det
4	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clean	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 close	cc
6	close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 clean	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 close	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	to-infinitive		the hut					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hut=Patient
2	close	infinitive		the door					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 2

That she should fill the kettle, hang it over the fire, and refrain from tasting the broth

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fill	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fill	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fill	aux
4	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kettle	det
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hang	punct
8	hang	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fill	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hang	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hang	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 refrain	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 refrain	cc
15	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obl
16	from	from	SCONJ	_	17 tasting	mark
17	tasting	taste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 refrain	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 broth	det
19	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tasting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fill	should	That	the kettle		refrain obl	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient
2	hang	infinitive	That not said here	kettle	the fire		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over fire=Destination
3	taste	gerund	refrain not said here	the broth			vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme broth=Attribute

Option 3

To feed the boy and sleep early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 feed	mark
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sleep	cc
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 feed	conj
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	to-infinitive			the boy				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	sleep	infinitive						early property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That she should prepare the kettle and refrain from tasting the broth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 prepare	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prepare	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 prepare	aux
4	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kettle	det
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prepare	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refrain	cc
8	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kettle	conj
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 tasting	mark
10	tasting	taste	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 prepare	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 broth	det
12	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tasting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	should	That	the kettle and refrain					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient
2	taste	gerund	That not said here	the broth					vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme broth=Attribute

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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