Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

Which of the following accurately describes the boy's conduct at the palace gate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, palace gate

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 boy	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 gate	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gate	compound
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the boy's conduct	the palace gate	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		the boy		the palace gate		nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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

He ignored the warning and went back inside the palace hall again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 went	cc
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hall	compound
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
12	again	again	ADV	_	6 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	the warning					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	go back	past	He not said here			the palace hall	again		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He repeatedly ignored the fox's instruction and returned to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ignored	nsubj
2	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	3 ignored	advmod
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 instruction	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 fox	case
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ignored	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 returned	cc
9	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ignored	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	the fox's instruction	repeatedly property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
2	return	past	He not said here		to the palace result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result
3	instruct		the fox			nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He returned to the palace gate after the fox warned him against it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gate	compound
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 warned	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warned	nsubj
10	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 returned	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 warned	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					to the palace gate result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to gate=Result
2	warn speech: warn	past	the fox		him = he			against gate	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient against it=Topic

Option 4

He listened to the fox's advice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 advice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advice	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 fox	case
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	He					to the fox's advice	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme

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