Exam question 3 · Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lie…

How did the wood-cutter's wife free the sacks from the backs of the animals?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: wife

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1234 «Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold» 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cutter	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cutter	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 wood	punct
6	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wife	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 cutter	case
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sacks	amod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sacks	det
11	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 backs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 backs	det
14	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sacks	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 animals	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animals	det
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 backs	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the wood cutter's wife					tree rules

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 untied them with her hands

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 untied	nsubj
2	untied	untie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 untied	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hands	nmod:poss
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 untied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untie	past	She	them = they				with her hands	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She cut the cords with a large knife she had brought from the kitchen

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cords	det
4	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 knife	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 knife	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knife	amod
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 brought	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 brought	aux
11	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 knife	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 kitchen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kitchen	det
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	She	the cords				with a large knife	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient with knife=Instrument
2	bring	past · perfect	she	a large knife not said here		the kitchen			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent knife=Theme from kitchen=Initial_Location

Option 3

She pulled the cords off roughly

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cords	det
4	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
6	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	past	She	the cords				roughly property	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She severed the cords with a large knife

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 severed	nsubj
2	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cords	det
4	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 severed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 knife	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 knife	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knife	amod
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	past	She	the cords				with a large knife	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme

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