Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

Which statement correctly accounts for the failure of the children's attempt to operate the basket?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: attempt, children · What happens: operate, fail, attempt · To what, where: basket

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 accounts	advmod
4	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 statement	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 failure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 failure	det
7	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accounts	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 attempt	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 attempt	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 children	case
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 failure	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 operate	mark
14	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempt	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 basket	det
16	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 operate	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 statement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	operate	to-infinitive		the basket	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme basket=Attribute
2	fail		the children's attempt		nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	attempt		the children		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 basket was broken.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 basket	det
2	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 broken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		the basket					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The children used the wrong words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the children	the wrong words					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The innkeeper's wife had earlier removed the original basket to market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 innkeeper	det
2	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 innkeeper	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 removed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 removed	aux
6	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 removed	advmod
7	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 basket	det
9	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 basket	amod
10	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 removed	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 market	mark
12	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 basket	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · perfect · passive		the innkeeper's wife				early property	tree rules

Option 4

The wife had hidden the real basket away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wife	det
2	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hidden	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hidden	aux
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 basket	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 basket	amod
7	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 away	obl:unmarked
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 hidden	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hidden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive		the wife				away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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