Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog against the wall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: immediate consequence · What happens: be, throw · To what, where: immediate consequence, Frog, wall

This is exam question 2 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 daughter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daughter	det
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 consequence	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Frog	det
11	Frog	Frog	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 throwing	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	14 wall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wall	det
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throwing	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence				of the daughter	tree rules
2	throw	gerund	the immediate consequence not said here	the Frog		the wall			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent frog=Theme against wall=Destination

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 · ← Mova's choice

He lay motionless on the carpet while the servants fetched a doctor and some healing herbs

The tree, 16 words

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	motionless	motionless	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 lay	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 carpet	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carpet	det
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 fetched	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servants	det
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fetched	nsubj
10	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 doctor	det
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetched	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 herbs	cc
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	16 herbs	det
15	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 herbs	compound
16	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 doctor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He			the carpet		motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on carpet=Location
2	fetch	past	the servants	a doctor and some healing herbs					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme

Option 2

He was carried off by a flock of geese toward the distant northern mountains

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 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 flock	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 flock	det
7	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 geese	case
9	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flock	nmod
10	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 mountains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mountains	det
12	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mountains	amod
13	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mountains	amod
14	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	a flock of geese	He				toward the distant northern mountains	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was transformed into a handsome Prince

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 transformed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 Prince	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Prince	amod
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		He				into a handsome Prince result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into prince=Result

Option 4

He jumped back into the garden pond

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pond	compound
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump back	past	He					into the garden pond result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pond=Result

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