Exam question 3 · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…

State the reason the Mistress failed to rise at her customary hour on the morning following the cock's death.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mistress, morning, cock · What happens: fail, not rise, follow, die · To what, where: reason, death

This is exam question 3 of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mistress	det
5	Mistress	mistress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 failed	nsubj
6	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 rise	mark
8	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 failed	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 hour	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hour	nmod:poss
11	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hour	compound
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rise	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 morning	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 morning	det
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rise	obl
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 morning	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cock	det
18	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 death	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 cock	case
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fail	past	the Mistress	the reason not said here		tree rules
2	not rise	to-infinitive	the Mistress not said here		hour; morning	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	follow	gerund	the morning not said here	the cock's death		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme
4	die		the cock			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

The cock, which usually roused her, had been killed by the servants and no longer crowed at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cock	det
2	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 killed	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 roused	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 roused	nsubj
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 roused	advmod
6	roused	rouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cock	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 roused	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cock	punct
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 killed	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 killed	aux:pass
11	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 servants	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 servants	det
14	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 killed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 crowed	cc
16	no	no	ADV	_	17 longer	advmod
17	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 crowed	advmod
18	crowed	crow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 killed	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 crowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rouse	past	the cock	her = she	usually property	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	kill	past · perfect · passive	the servants	the cock		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	crow	participle	the servants not said here		at all; long property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at all=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cock, which usually roused her, no longer crowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cock	det
2	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 roused	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 roused	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 roused	nsubj
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 roused	advmod
6	roused	rouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 roused	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 crowed	punct
9	no	no	ADV	_	10 longer	advmod
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 crowed	advmod
11	crowed	crow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 roused	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rouse	past	the cock	her = she				usually property	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	crow	participle	the cock not said here					long property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The servants had locked her bedroom door that night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servants	det
2	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 locked	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	aux
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 door	nmod:poss
6	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locked	obj
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · perfect · passive		the servants			night		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient door=Result

Option 4

She had been out late at a neighbour's party and had drunk too much wine the night before

The tree, 19 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	4 out	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 out	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 out	cop
4	out	out	ADV	_	root	root
5	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 out	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 party	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 neighbour	det
8	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 party	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 neighbour	case
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 out	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 drunk	cc
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 drunk	aux
13	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 out	conj
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 much	advmod
15	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wine	amod
16	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drunk	obj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drunk	obl:unmarked
19	before	before	ADV	_	13 drunk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	She			a neighbour's party		late, out property	tree rules
2	drink	past · perfect	She not said here	much wine			night	before property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient

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