Exam question 3 · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

What is the principal consequence for the ermine upon the Lapp's attack with the hook?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lapp · What happens: be, attack · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 ermine	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ermine	det
8	ermine	ermine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 attack	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Lapp	det
11	Lapp	Lapp	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 attack	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Lapp	case
13	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 hook	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hook	det
16	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attack	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence				for the ermine; upon the Lapp's attack with the hook	tree rules
2	attack		the Lapp					with the hook	nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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

Its tail-tip remains black permanently after the strike, and its whole body turns dark until the next winter

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 remains	nmod:poss
2	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tip	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tail	punct
4	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remains	compound
5	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 black	nsubj
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 black	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 strike	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 strike	det
10	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 black	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 turns	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 turns	cc
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 body	nmod:poss
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 body	amod
15	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turns	nsubj
16	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 black	parataxis
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 turns	xcomp
18	until	until	ADP	_	21 winter	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 winter	det
20	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 winter	amod
21	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	strike's whole body				winter	dark property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It loses its winter coat and its tail goes white completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loses	nsubj
2	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
4	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coat	compound
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loses	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 goes	cc
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 loses	conj
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 goes	xcomp
11	completely	completely	ADV	_	9 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	It	its winter coat					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Eventuality
2	go	present	coat's tail					completely, white property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its tail-tip remains black permanently after the strike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 remains	nmod:poss
2	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tip	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 tail	punct
4	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remains	compound
5	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 black	nsubj
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 black	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 strike	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 strike	det
10	strike	strike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 black	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 black	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The ermine flees north, its whole tail is torn off, and it never returns to the Lapp's valley again

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ermine	det
2	ermine	ermine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flees	nsubj
3	flees	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	north	north	ADV	_	3 flees	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 torn	punct
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tail	amod
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 torn	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 torn	aux:pass
10	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 flees	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 torn	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 returns	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 returns	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 returns	nsubj
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 returns	advmod
16	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 flees	parataxis
17	to	to	ADP	_	21 valley	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Lapp	det
19	Lapp	Lapp	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 valley	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Lapp	case
21	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 returns	obl
22	again	again	ADV	_	16 returns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	flee	present	the ermine			north property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tear off	present · passive		ermine's whole tail			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	not return	present	tail		again	to the Lapp's valley result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to valley=Result

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