Exam question 4 · Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big…

Describe the condition of the youngest brother's weapon at the moment the bear emerged from the thicket.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bear · What happens: describe, emerge, condition · To what, where: condition, moment, thicket, weapon

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1222 «Lang's Fairy Book, How the Little Brother Set Free His Big Brothers, part 2: the bear chief's servant lures the hunters into the mountain» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 weapon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brother	det
6	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 brother	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weapon	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 brother	case
9	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condition	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 moment	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moment	det
12	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bear	det
14	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 emerged	nsubj
15	emerged	emerge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 moment	acl:relcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 thicket	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 thicket	det
18	thicket	thicket	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 emerged	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the condition of the youngest brother's weapon		moment	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	emerge	past	the bear	the moment not said here	the thicket		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=Theme
3	condition			the youngest brother's weapon			nom condition «state transitive»: of=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

The bow had snapped in two after catching in a tree branch while he ran after the bear through the brush

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bow	det
2	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapped	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	aux
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 two	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 snapped	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 catching	mark
8	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 snapped	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 branch	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 branch	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 branch	compound
12	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catching	obl
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 ran	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ran	nsubj
15	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	advcl
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 bear	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bear	det
18	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ran	obl
19	through	through	ADP	_	21 brush	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 brush	det
21	brush	brush	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past · perfect · passive		the bow			in two	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in two=Topic
2	catch	gerund			a tree branch			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	run	past	he		the brush	after the bear		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through brush=Trajectory

Option 2

The bow was bent and cracked badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bow	det
2	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bent	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bent	aux:pass
4	bent	bend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cracked	cc
6	cracked	crack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bent	conj
7	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 cracked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past · passive		the bow					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material
2	crack	participle						badly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bow had snapped in two after catching in a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bow	det
2	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapped	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	aux
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 two	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 snapped	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 catching	mark
8	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 snapped	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past · perfect · passive		the bow				in two	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in two=Topic
2	catch	gerund				a tree			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The bow had snapped in two after catching in a tree and the arrows had scattered across the path behind him

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bow	det
2	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapped	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	aux
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 two	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 snapped	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 catching	mark
8	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 snapped	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 catching	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 scattered	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arrows	det
14	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 scattered	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 scattered	aux
16	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 snapped	conj
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 path	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 path	det
19	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 scattered	obl
20	behind	behind	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 path	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	snap	past · perfect · passive	the bow		in two	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in two=Topic
2	catch	gerund		a tree		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	scatter	past · perfect · passive	the arrows	the path behind him		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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