Exam question 4 · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

With reference to the passage, what did the fishes attempt before the cold wind arose?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, fishes · What happens: do, attempt

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fishes	det
10	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attempt	nsubj
11	attempt	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	ccomp
12	before	before	ADP	_	16 arose	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 arose	det
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 arose	amod
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arose	compound
16	arose	arose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attempt	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the passage						tree rules
2	attempt	present	the fishes				before the cold wind arose		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

They had hunted on land and camped beneath a tree, then lit a fire against the rain

The tree, 17 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 hunted	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	aux
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 land	case
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 camped	cc
7	camped	camp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	conj
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lit	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 lit	advmod
13	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lit	obj
16	against	against	ADP	_	18 rain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rain	det
18	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · perfect · passive	They	land			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on land=Location
2	camp	past				beneath a tree	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
3	light	past	a fire		then	against the rain	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They had hunted on land and camped beneath a tree

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 hunted	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	aux
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 land	case
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 camped	cc
7	camped	camp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	conj
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · perfect · passive		They		land			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on land=Location
2	camp	past						beneath a tree	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They had fished in the sea and slept on the sand

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 fished	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fished	aux
3	fished	fish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fished	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slept	cc
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 fished	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 sand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sand	det
11	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish	past · perfect	They			the sea			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location
2	sleep	participle	They not said here			the sand			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They had hunted on land, camped beneath a tree, and tried to light a fire before the wind arose from the north

The tree, 22 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 hunted	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	aux
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 land	case
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 camped	punct
7	camped	camp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hunted	advcl
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tried	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tried	cc
13	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 light	mark
15	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tried	xcomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 light	obj
18	before	before	SCONJ	_	21 arose	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wind	det
20	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 arose	nsubj
21	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 light	advcl
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 north	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 north	det
24	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 arose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · perfect · passive		They	land		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on land=Location
2	camp	participle				beneath a tree	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
3	try	past					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	light not said to happen	to-infinitive		a fire			vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
5	arise	past	the wind		the north		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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