Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas…

With reference to the text, by what means was the knight first admitted to the castle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reference · What happens: mean, be, admit · To what, where: knight, castle

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knight	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 means	mark
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reference	acl:relcl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 knight	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knight	det
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 admitted	advmod
14	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 knight	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 castle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 castle	det
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 admitted	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 knight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	reference to the text				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the knight		with reference to the text	tree rules
3	admit speech: other	participle		the knight not said here	the castle	first property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to castle=Recipient

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 climbed over the high wall

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He			the high wall			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The old woman unlocked the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocked	nsubj
4	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	past	the old woman	the gate					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient

Option 3

The old woman unlocked the gate and let him into the courtyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocked	nsubj
4	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocked	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 unlocked	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 courtyard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 courtyard	det
12	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	past	the old woman	the gate					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient
2	let	infinitive	the old woman not said here	him = he		the courtyard			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

He climbed over the wall after the old woman had thrown down a rope

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 thrown	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 woman	amod
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 thrown	aux
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 climbed	advcl
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 thrown	compound:prt
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rope	det
14	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He			the wall			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory
2	throw down	past · perfect · passive		the old woman					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination rope=Theme

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