Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the far…

In what manner did the three farmers come to their deaths?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: three farmers, farmers · What happens: do, come, die · To what, where: manner, deaths

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» 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 farmers	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 farmers	nummod
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 come	nsubj
8	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 deaths	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 deaths	nmod:poss
11	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 come	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	do	past		what manner	tree rules
2	come	present	the three farmers	farmers's deaths	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to death=Initial_Location
3	die		farmers = farmer		nom death «event 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They were cast from a rock into the river at the horse fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 fair	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fair	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fair	compound
13	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive		They		a rock		into the river; at the horse fair	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from rock=Initial_Location into river=Destination

Option 2

They were cast from a high rock into the river at the horse fair while drinking

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cast	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cast	aux:pass
3	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 rock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cast	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 horse	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 horse	det
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 river	nmod
14	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cast	conj
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 drinking	mark
16	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past · passive		They		a high rock		into the river at the horse	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from rock=Initial_Location into river=Destination
2	drink	gerund							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They were struck by lightning while crossing the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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	_	5 lightning	case
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 crossing	mark
7	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 struck	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crossing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	lightning	They					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	cross	gerund	lightning not said here	the river					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient

Option 4

They were pushed from the cliff by the angry sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pushed	aux:pass
3	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cliff	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cliff	det
6	cliff	cliff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 sheep	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sheep	det
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sheep	amod
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past · passive	the angry sheep	They		the cliff			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from cliff=Trajectory

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