Exam question 2 · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

State the means by which the protagonist effects her escape from the castle hall without detection.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State, protagonist effects · What happens: mean, escape · To what, where: castle hall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 escape	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 effects	det
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 effects	compound
8	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 escape	nsubj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 escape	nmod:poss
10	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hall	compound
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 escape	nmod
15	without	without	ADP	_	16 detection	case
16	detection	detection	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hall	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	State						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	escape		the protagonist effects			the castle hall without detection			tree rules

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

She taps her copper pin and makes the guests count cabbages.

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 taps	nsubj
2	taps	tap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pin	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	compound
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taps	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 makes	cc
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 taps	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guests	det
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 makes	obj
10	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 makes	xcomp
11	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 count	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 taps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tap	present	She	her copper pin	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent pin=Location
2	make	present	She not said here	the guests	tree rules
3	count	present	the guests not said here	cabbages	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She touches her copper pin and causes all present to count cabbages.

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 touches	nsubj
2	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pin	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	compound
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touches	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 causes	cc
7	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 touches	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 present	det
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causes	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 count	mark
11	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 present	acl
12	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 count	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 touches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	touch	present	She	her copper pin	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pin=Co-Theme
2	cause	present	She not said here	all present	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition present=Patient
3	count	to-infinitive	She not said here	cabbages	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme

Option 3

She touches her copper pin, causing everyone in the hall to begin counting cabbages aloud, and while they are busy, she slips out through the side door unseen.

The tree, 28 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 touches	nsubj
2	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pin	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	compound
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touches	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 causing	punct
7	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 touches	advcl
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 causing	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causing	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 begin	mark
13	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 causing	advcl
14	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 begin	xcomp
15	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 counting	obj
16	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	14 counting	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 slips	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 slips	cc
19	while	while	SCONJ	_	22 busy	mark
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 busy	nsubj
21	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 busy	cop
22	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 slips	advcl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 busy	punct
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 slips	nsubj
25	slips	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 touches	conj
26	out	out	ADP	_	25 slips	compound:prt
27	through	through	ADP	_	30 door	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 door	det
29	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 door	compound
30	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 slips	obl
31	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 slips	advcl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 touches	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	touch	present	She	her copper pin			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pin=Co-Theme
2	cause	gerund	She not said here	everyone	the hall		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition everyone=Patient
3	begin	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	count	gerund	She not said here	cabbages		aloud property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme
5	is	present	cabbages = cabbage			busy property	tree rules
6	slip out	present	she		the side door		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

She uses the feather and the box to put the guards to sleep, then walks calmly out of the hall while the servants are still busy in the kitchen counting.

The tree, 30 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 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feather	det
4	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 box	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feather	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 put	mark
9	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 uses	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guards	det
11	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 put	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 sleep	mark
13	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 put	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 walks	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 walks	advmod
16	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 uses	conj
17	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	16 walks	advmod
18	out	out	ADP	_	21 hall	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 walks	obl
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	27 busy	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 servants	det
24	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 busy	nsubj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 busy	cop
26	still	still	ADV	_	27 busy	advmod
27	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 walks	advcl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 kitchen	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 kitchen	det
30	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 busy	obl
31	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	27 busy	advcl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	She	the feather and the box				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
2	put	to-infinitive	She not said here	the guards				vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent guard=Goal
3	sleep	to-infinitive	She not said here					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	walk	present	She not said here		the hall	then	calmly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hall=Trajectory
5	is	present	the servants		the kitchen	still	busy property	tree rules
6	count	gerund	the servants not said here					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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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