Exam question 3 · Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls…

What method did Lisa employ to convey the worm from the fruit to the yard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lisa · What happens: employ, convey · To what, where: worm, fruit

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1315 «Finnish Fairy Tales, The Raspberry Worm, part 1: two girls save a worm, get lost in a burnt wood, and are fed by magic» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 employ	obl
2	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 employ	aux
4	Lisa	Lisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 employ	nsubj
5	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 convey	mark
7	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 employ	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 worm	det
9	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 fruit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fruit	det
12	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 yard	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 yard	det
15	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 employ	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · do-support	Lisa						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	convey	to-infinitive	Lisa not said here	the worm		the fruit		to the yard	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent worm=Theme from fruit=Initial_Location to yard=Destination

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

She swept it carefully onto a raspberry leaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swept	nsubj
2	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swept	obj
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 swept	advmod
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 leaf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 leaf	det
7	raspberry	raspberry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaf	compound
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past	She	it		a raspberry leaf		carefully property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme onto leaf=Destination

Option 2

She lifted it in her apron to the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 apron	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 apron	nmod:poss
6	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 yard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 yard	det
9	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	She	it		her apron		to the yard	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in apron=Destination to yard=Initial_Location

Option 3

She swept it carefully onto a raspberry leaf and carried it across the garden path

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swept	nsubj
2	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swept	obj
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	2 swept	advmod
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 leaf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 leaf	det
7	raspberry	raspberry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaf	compound
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swept	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carried	cc
10	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 swept	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carried	obj
12	across	across	ADP	_	15 path	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 path	det
14	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 path	compound
15	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past	She	it		a raspberry leaf		carefully property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme onto leaf=Destination
2	carry	past	She not said here	leaf		the garden path			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

She used a stick to roll it gently onto a broad green leaf and then walked it out

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stick	det
4	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 roll	mark
6	roll	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 roll	obj
8	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 roll	advmod
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	13 leaf	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 leaf	det
11	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leaf	amod
12	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leaf	amod
13	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roll	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 walked	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 walked	advmod
16	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 used	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 walked	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	16 walked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	She	a stick				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient
2	roll	to-infinitive	She not said here	stick	a broad green leaf		gently property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme onto leaf=Trajectory
3	walk out	past	She not said here	stick		then		vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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