Exam question 4 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part…

According to the passage, what was the immediate consequence for the king upon opening the carriage door the first time?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, immediate consequence · What happens: accord, be, open · To what, where: immediate consequence, carriage door

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 consequence	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 consequence	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 consequence	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequence	det
9	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 consequence	amod
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequence	nmod
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	15 opening	mark
15	opening	open	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 consequence	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
17	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 door	compound
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 opening	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 opening	obl:unmarked
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the immediate consequence	the immediate consequence		for the king	tree rules
3	open	gerund	the immediate consequence not said here	the carriage door	time		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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 was struck by a shower of small stones and mud, and then fell beneath them while the prince laughed from the carriage window above

The tree, 25 words

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 shower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shower	det
6	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stones	amod
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shower	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mud	cc
11	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stones	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fell	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 fell	advmod
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	conj
16	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fell	obl
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 laughed	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 prince	det
20	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 laughed	nsubj
21	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	advcl
22	from	from	ADP	_	25 window	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 window	det
24	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 window	compound
25	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 laughed	obl
26	above	above	ADV	_	21 laughed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a shower of small stones and mud	He				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	fall	past	a shower of small stones and mud not said here			then	beneath stones = stone	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath they=Location
3	laugh	past	the prince		the carriage window		above property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He was splashed by water and cried out loudly in the road

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	3 splashed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 splashed	aux:pass
3	splashed	splash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 splashed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cried	cc
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 splashed	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 cried	compound:prt
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 cried	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	splash	past · passive	water	He					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	cry out speech: express	past	water not said here			the road		loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was struck by a shower of small stones and fell beneath them

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 shower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shower	det
6	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stones	amod
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shower	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	conj
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a shower of small stones	He					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	fall	past	a shower of small stones not said here					beneath stones = stone	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath they=Location

Option 4

He was struck by a shower of small stones and fell beneath them, and the guards had to carry him back to the palace on a cart

The tree, 27 words

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 shower	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shower	det
6	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stones	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stones	amod
9	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shower	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	conj
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fell	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 had	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 had	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 guards	det
17	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 carry	mark
20	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 had	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 carry	obj
22	back	back	ADV	_	20 carry	advmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 palace	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 palace	det
25	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 carry	obl
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 cart	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 cart	det
28	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a shower of small stones	He			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument
2	fall	past	a shower of small stones not said here			beneath stones = stone	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath they=Location
3	have	past	the guards				tree rules
4	carry back	to-infinitive	the guards not said here	him = he	a cart	to the palace	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination

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