Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Lung Woman prepared the fire and kettle?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lung Woman · What happens: follow, describe, prepare · To what, where: manner, fire

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 prepared	obl
11	Lung	Lung	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Woman	compound
12	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prepared	nsubj
13	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prepared	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 kettle	cc
17	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fire	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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 manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	prepare	past	Lung Woman	the fire and kettle	the manner		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Patient

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

She scraped the Bad One's arm, rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle, and suspended it by a rope above the flames before the guests arrived

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scraped	nsubj
2	scraped	scrape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 One	det
4	Bad	Bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 One	amod
5	One	One	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 arm	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 One	case
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scraped	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rebuilt	punct
9	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scraped	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rebuilt	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 filled	punct
13	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scraped	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kettle	det
15	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 filled	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 suspended	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 suspended	cc
18	suspended	suspend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scraped	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 suspended	obj
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 rope	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 rope	det
22	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 suspended	obl
23	above	above	ADP	_	25 flames	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 flames	det
25	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 rope	nmod
26	before	before	SCONJ	_	29 arrived	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 guests	det
28	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 arrived	nsubj
29	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 suspended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scrape	past	She	the Bad One's arm		vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
2	rebuild	past	She not said here	the fire		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Result
3	fill	past	She not said here	the kettle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient
4	suspend	past	She not said here	kettle	by a rope above the flames	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by rope=Destination
5	arrive	past	the guests			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle with water, and suspended it by a rope over the flames while the Bad One was away

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuilt	nsubj
2	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rebuilt	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 filled	punct
6	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuilt	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kettle	det
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 suspended	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 suspended	cc
13	suspended	suspend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuilt	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 suspended	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 rope	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 rope	det
17	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 suspended	obl
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 flames	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 flames	det
20	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 suspended	obl
21	while	while	SCONJ	_	26 away	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 One	det
23	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 One	amod
24	One	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 away	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 away	cop
26	away	away	ADV	_	13 suspended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rebuild	past	She	the fire			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Result
2	fill	past	She not said here	the kettle		with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient with water=Instrument
3	suspend	past	She not said here	kettle	the flames	by a rope	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by rope=Destination
4	is	past	the Bad One			away property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She rebuilt the fire, filled the kettle, and suspended it by a rope over the flames

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuilt	nsubj
2	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rebuilt	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 filled	punct
6	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuilt	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kettle	det
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 filled	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 suspended	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 suspended	cc
11	suspended	suspend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rebuilt	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 suspended	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 rope	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rope	det
15	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 suspended	obl
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 flames	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 flames	det
18	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 suspended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rebuild	past	She	the fire			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Result
2	fill	past	She not said here	the kettle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent kettle=Patient
3	suspend	past	She not said here	kettle	the flames	by a rope	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme by rope=Destination

Option 4

She stoked the fire, emptied the kettle, and hung it from a hook

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stoked	nsubj
2	stoked	stoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stoked	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 emptied	punct
6	emptied	empty	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stoked	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kettle	det
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emptied	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hung	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hung	cc
11	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stoked	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hung	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 hook	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hook	det
15	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stoke	past	She	the fire		tree rules
2	empty	past	She not said here	the kettle		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent kettle=Source
3	hang	past	She not said here	kettle	a hook	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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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