Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…

Identify, by the sensory means described in the passage, the manner in which the princess ascertained the presence of the four-leaved plant upon the rock.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sensory, princess · What happens: identify, mean, describe, ascertain · To what, where: passage, presence, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 means	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sensory	det
5	sensory	sensory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	acl:relcl
7	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 means	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 passage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 described	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 manner	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 manner	det
13	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passage	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 ascertained	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 princess	det
17	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ascertained	nsubj
18	ascertained	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 manner	acl:relcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 presence	det
20	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ascertained	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	26 plant	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 plant	det
23	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 leaved	nummod
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 four	punct
25	leaved	leaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 plant	amod
26	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 presence	nmod
27	upon	upon	ADP	_	29 rock	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 rock	det
29	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 plant	nmod
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	the sensory			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	describe not said to happen	participle	the sensory not said here		the passage and the manner	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	ascertain	past	the princess	the presence of the leaved plant upon the rock	the manner	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presence=Topic

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 recognised the plant by its colour, peering into a hollow where the sun had cast its shadow

The tree, 18 words

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 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 colour	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 colour	nmod:poss
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 peering	punct
9	peering	peer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recognised	advcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 hollow	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hollow	det
12	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 peering	obl
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 cast	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sun	det
15	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cast	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 cast	aux
17	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 hollow	acl:relcl
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 shadow	nmod:poss
19	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cast	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	She	the plant	by plant's colour	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plant=Stimulus
2	peer	gerund	She not said here		into a hollow	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into hollow=Theme
3	cast	past · perfect · passive		the sun		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary shadow=Product
4	shadow		sun			nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She located the plant by touch, feeling about in a crevice where the wind had prevented sight

The tree, 17 words

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 located	nsubj
2	located	locate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 located	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 touch	case
6	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 located	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 feeling	punct
8	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 located	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 crevice	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 crevice	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 crevice	det
12	crevice	crevice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feeling	obl
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 prevented	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prevented	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 prevented	aux
17	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 crevice	acl:relcl
18	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prevented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	locate	past	She	the plant	by touch	tree rules
2	feel	gerund	She not said here		about a crevice	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about crevice=Location
3	prevent	past · perfect · passive		the wind		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She found it by touch

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 touch	case
5	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	She	it				by touch	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

She used her sense of smell

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sense	nmod:poss
4	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 smell	case
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	She	her sense of smell					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient
2	sense		her = she	smell					nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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