Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the three mice restored the bronze ring to the captain?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, three mice · What happens: follow, describe, mean, restore · To what, where: bronze ring, captain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 restored	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mice	det
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 mice	nummod
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 restored	nsubj
14	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ring	det
16	bronze	bronze	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ring	amod
17	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restored	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 captain	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 captain	det
20	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ring	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	restore	past	the three mice	the bronze ring	the captain		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to captain=Recipient

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 lame mouse, by tickling the captain's ear with a feather, forced him to drop the ring onto the deck

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mouse	amod
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 forced	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tickling	punct
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 tickling	mark
6	tickling	tickle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mouse	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 captain	det
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ear	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 captain	case
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tickling	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 feather	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 feather	det
13	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tickling	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mouse	punct
15	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 forced	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 drop	mark
18	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 forced	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ring	det
20	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drop	obj
21	onto	onto	ADP	_	23 deck	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 deck	det
23	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tickle	gerund	the lame mouse not said here	the captain's ear		with a feather	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ear=Experiencer with feather=Instrument
2	force	past	the lame mouse	him = he			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	drop	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the ring	the deck		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme onto deck=Destination

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

The cropped-eared mouse, by applying pepper to the sorcerer's nose, induced him to expel the ring

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	5 mouse	det
2	cropped	crop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mouse	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 cropped	punct
4	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mouse	amod
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 induced	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 applying	punct
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 applying	mark
8	applying	apply	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 mouse	acl
9	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 applying	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 nose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sorcerer	det
12	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 nose	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 sorcerer	case
14	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 applying	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mouse	punct
16	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 induced	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 expel	mark
19	expel	expel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 induced	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ring	det
21	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 expel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	crop	participle				vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	ear	participle				tree rules
3	apply	gerund	the cropped eared mouse not said here	pepper	to the sorcerer's nose	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pepper=Theme
4	induce	past	the cropped eared mouse	him = he		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
5	expel	to-infinitive	the cropped eared mouse not said here	the ring		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme

Option 3

With a loud bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 bell	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bell	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bell	amod
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The blind mouse, by dragging the sorcerer out of his bed, made him throw the ring into the sea near the boat

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mouse	amod
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 made	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dragging	punct
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 dragging	mark
6	dragging	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mouse	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sorcerer	det
8	sorcerer	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dragging	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 bed	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bed	nmod:poss
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dragging	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mouse	punct
14	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 made	obj
16	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 made	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ring	det
18	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 throw	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 sea	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sea	det
21	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 throw	obl
22	near	near	ADP	_	24 boat	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 boat	det
24	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drag	gerund	the blind mouse not said here	the sorcerer	mouse's bed		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sorcerer=Theme out bed=Initial_Location
2	make	past	the blind mouse	him = he			tree rules
3	throw	infinitive	him = he not said here	the ring		into the sea result; near the boat	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer ring=Theme into sea=Result

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