Exam question 4 · Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "w…

Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his grasp?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phenomenon · What happens: cause, become, grasp · To what, where: drumsticks

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phenomenon	det
2	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Walter	Walter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 drumsticks	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Walter	case
6	drumsticks	drumstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 become	mark
8	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 caused	advcl
9	rigid	rigid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 become	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 grasp	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 grasp	nmod:poss
12	grasp	grasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rigid	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which phenomenon	Walter's drumsticks		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition drumstick=Patient
2	become	to-infinitive	which phenomenon not said here		rigid property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	grasp		phenomenon			nom grasp «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The echo resembling a wolf's howl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 echo	det
2	echo	echo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 echo	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wolf	det
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 howl	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wolf	case
7	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resembling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	gerund	the echo not said here	a wolf's howl					tree rules
2	howl		a wolf						nom howl «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The howling of a pack of wolves in the distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 howling	det
2	howling	howling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pack	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pack	det
5	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 howling	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wolves	case
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pack	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 distance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distance	det
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 howling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl		a pack of wolves					in the distance	nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=obl

Option 3

The sound of a crow's harsh caw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 caw	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crow	det
5	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caw	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 crow	case
7	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caw	amod
8	caw	caw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	caw		a crow						nom caw «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The shriek of Walter's own voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shriek	det
2	shriek	shriek	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 voice	case
4	Walter	Walter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 voice	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Walter	case
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shriek	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shriek			Walter's own voice					nom shriek «communication transitive»: of=patient

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