Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…
In what manner do the wasps defeat the King and his ministers?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wasps · What happens: defeat · To what, where: King
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 defeat | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wasps | det |
| 6 | wasps | wasp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 defeat | nsubj |
| 7 | defeat | defeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 defeat | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ministers | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 ministers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ministers | minister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 King | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 defeat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defeat | present · do-support | the wasps | the King and his ministers | 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
By swarming and stinging them at the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 swarming | mark |
| 2 | swarming | swarm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 stinging | cc |
| 4 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 swarming | conj |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stinging | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stinging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swarm | gerund | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | sting | gerund | them = they | the palace | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
By stinging them so that they flee from the window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 stinging | mark |
| 2 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stinging | obj |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 flee | mark |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 so | fixed |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 flee | nsubj |
| 7 | flee | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stinging | advcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 window | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 window | det |
| 10 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flee | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | gerund | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | flee | present | they | the window | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from window=Initial_Location |
Option 3
By stinging them until they fall from the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 stinging | mark |
| 2 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stinging | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 fall | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fall | nsubj |
| 6 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stinging | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sting | gerund | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | fall | present | they | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial_Location |
Option 4
By swarming the whole palace and stinging every minister until they flee out of the window
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 swarming | mark |
| 2 | swarming | swarm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 palace | amod |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swarming | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stinging | cc |
| 7 | stinging | sting | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 swarming | conj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 minister | det |
| 9 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stinging | obj |
| 10 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 flee | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 flee | nsubj |
| 12 | flee | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 swarming | advcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 window | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 window | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 window | det |
| 16 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flee | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swarm | gerund | the whole palace | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location palace=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sting | gerund | every minister | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus minister=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | flee | present | they | the window | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out window=Initial_Location |
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