Exam question 2 · pg3282 tales, Father Grumbler: a fake cock, a magic switch…

Which of the following best explains the response of the household to the failure of the magic cock?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: magic cock · What happens: follow, explain, fail · To what, where: response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 explains	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 explains	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 explains	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 explains	csubj
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 following	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 response	det
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explains	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 household	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 household	det
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 response	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 failure	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 failure	det
14	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 household	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 cock	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cock	det
17	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cock	amod
18	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 failure	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			well property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present		the response of the household to the failure of the magic cock		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
3	fail		the magic cock			nom failure «act intransitive»: of=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

They loudly voiced their suspicion, and the cock produced absolutely no gold at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 voiced	nsubj
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 voiced	advmod
3	voiced	voice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 suspicion	nmod:poss
5	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 voiced	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 produced	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 produced	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cock	det
9	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 produced	nsubj
10	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 voiced	conj
11	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	13 gold	advmod
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 gold	det
13	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 produced	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	voice speech: other	past	They	their suspicion		loudly property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent suspicion=Topic
2	produce	past	the cock	no gold	all		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Result
3	suspect		their = they				nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They rushed to blame the Holy Man, and the cock simply refused to make any gold

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rushed	nsubj
2	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 blame	mark
4	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rushed	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Man	det
6	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	7 Man	compound
7	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blame	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 refused	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 refused	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cock	det
11	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 refused	nsubj
12	simply	simply	ADV	_	13 refused	advmod
13	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rushed	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 refused	xcomp
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 gold	det
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rush	past	They			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
2	blame	to-infinitive	They not said here	the Holy Man		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	refuse	past	the cock		simply property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not make	to-infinitive	the cock not said here	any gold		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gold=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They expressed doubt, and the cock produced nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 produced	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 produced	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cock	det
7	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj
8	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 expressed	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 produced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	past	They	doubt					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme
2	produce	past	the cock	nothing					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Result

Option 4

They shouted in anger, and the cock stayed silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 anger	case
4	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stayed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stayed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cock	det
8	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stayed	nsubj
9	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
10	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	They			anger			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	the cock					silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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