Exam question 1 · pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch…

Which statement most accurately describes the manner in which the woman replaced the magic cock?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, woman · What happens: describe, replace · To what, where: manner, magic cock

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1215 «pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch, and a new tale begins» 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	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
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 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 replaced	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replaced	nsubj
12	replaced	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cock	det
14	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cock	amod
15	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 replaced	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	replace	past	the woman	the magic cock		the manner			vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cock=Co-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

She sold it

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	She	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

She swapped it for a hen from home

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 swapped	nsubj
2	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swapped	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 hen	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hen	det
6	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swapped	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	She	it		home		for a hen	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for hen=Co-Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She substituted it with a bird from her own poultry yard

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 substituted	nsubj
2	substituted	substitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 substituted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substituted	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 yard	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 yard	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 yard	amod
10	poultry	poultry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yard	compound
11	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substituted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute	past	She	it				with a bird; from bird's own poultry yard	vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme it=Location with bird=Co-Theme

Option 4

She hid it

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	She	it					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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