Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

To which of the following does the fox's successful rescue of the princess most directly lead?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox · What happens: follow, rescue · To what, where: princess

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 which	case
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 rescue	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	11 rescue	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rescue	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 rescue	case
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rescue	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fox	det
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rescue	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fox	case
10	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rescue	amod
11	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rescue	nmod
15	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	16 directly	advmod
16	directly	directly	ADV	_	17 lead	advmod
17	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 princess	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 rescue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	rescue		the fox	the princess lead					nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 sudden disappearance of the palace and all its guards into the sea at midnight

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 disappearance	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disappearance	amod
3	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disappearance	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 guards	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 guards	det:predet
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 guards	nmod:poss
10	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 palace	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disappearance	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 midnight	case
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disappearance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear		the palace and disappearance's guards			the sea		at midnight	nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent into=place at=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The king's decision to send the boy away to fetch more golden hens from the distant east

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decision	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 send	mark
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decision	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 send	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 fetch	mark
11	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 send	advcl
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 golden	advmod
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hens	amod
14	hens	hen	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fetch	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 east	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 east	det
17	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 east	amod
18	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send away	to-infinitive		the boy		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive		golden hens	the distant east		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hen=Theme from east=Source
3	decide		the king				nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The petrifaction of the giants at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 petrifaction	det
2	petrifaction	petrifaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 giants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giants	det
5	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 petrifaction	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	petrify			the giants at dawn					nom petrifaction «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The fox's escape from the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 escape	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 fox	case
4	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 escape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape		the fox			the castle			nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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