Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

Which of the following best describes the brothers' response to the nightly disturbance in the barn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: response

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» 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 brothers	det
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 response	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 brothers	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 disturbance	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 disturbance	det
13	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 disturbance	amod
14	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 barn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 barn	det
17	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disturbance	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the brothers's response				of the best; to the nightly disturbance in the barn	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 · ✓ the right answer

The two elder sons fled in fear at its first manifestation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sons	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sons	nummod
3	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sons	amod
4	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fled	nsubj
5	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fled	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 manifestation	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 manifestation	nmod:poss
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 manifestation	amod
11	manifestation	manifestation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fled	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the two elder sons			fear		at fear's first manifestation	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	manifest		fear						nom manifestation «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The elder brothers ran from it at first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brothers	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brothers	amod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the elder brothers			it			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory

Option 3

The elder sons panicked and ran at its first appearance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sons	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sons	amod
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 panicked	nsubj
4	panicked	panic	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ran	cc
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 panicked	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 appearance	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 appearance	nmod:poss
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 appearance	amod
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 panicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	panic	past	the elder sons						vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	run	past	the elder sons not said here			its first appearance			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at appearance=Trajectory

Option 4

Both elder brothers ran in fright when it first showed itself.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 brothers	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brothers	amod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 fright	case
6	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 showed	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 showed	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 showed	advmod
10	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	advcl
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 showed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	both elder brothers			fright			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fright=Trajectory
2	show	past	fright	fright				first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent itself=Recipient

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