Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…

In what manner did the gnome attempt to conceal his failure to produce the promised basket?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: do, conceal, produce, promise, fail · To what, where: gnome attempt, manner, failure, promised basket

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 conceal	mark
9	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 failure	nmod:poss
11	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conceal	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 produce	mark
13	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 conceal	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 basket	det
15	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 basket	amod
16	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 produce	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		the gnome attempt	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
2	conceal	to-infinitive		his failure		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Patient
3	produce	to-infinitive		the promised basket		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Result
4	promise speech: promise	participle				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	fail		his = he			nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 blamed the swallow and the winter frost

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 blamed	nsubj
2	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 swallow	det
4	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blamed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 frost	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frost	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 frost	compound
8	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swallow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past	He	the swallow and the winter frost					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swallow=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He avoided the princess and hid his embarrassment

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 avoided	nsubj
2	avoided	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoided	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hid	cc
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 avoided	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 embarrassment	nmod:poss
8	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	avoid	past	He	the princess	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Location
2	hide	past	He not said here	his embarrassment	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Patient
3	embarrass		his = he		nom embarrassment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He hid behind the turnip field all day

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 field	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
5	turnip	turnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 field	compound
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			the turnip field	day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind field=Location

Option 4

He avoided the princess and hid his embarrassment in the mountain caves for weeks

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 avoided	nsubj
2	avoided	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoided	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hid	cc
6	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 avoided	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 embarrassment	nmod:poss
8	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hid	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 caves	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 caves	det
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caves	compound
12	caves	cave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hid	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 weeks	case
14	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	avoid	past	He	the princess			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Location
2	hide	past	He not said here	his embarrassment	the mountain caves	week	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent embarrassment=Patient in cave=Location
3	embarrass		his = he				nom embarrassment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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