Exam question 3 · Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becom…
Which of the following accurately records the fate of the children of Hamel upon the Sunday described?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, record, describe, fate · To what, where: fate, children
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1552 «Contes, The Pied Piper of Hamel, part 49: Drakestail becomes king, and the piper clears Hamel of rats, then the children vanish» 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 records | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 records | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 records | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 records | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 records | advmod |
| 6 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fate | det |
| 8 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 records | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 children | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 children | det |
| 11 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fate | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Hamel | case |
| 13 | Hamel | Hamel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 children | nmod |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 Sunday | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Sunday | det |
| 16 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 described | obl |
| 17 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 records | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 records | 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 | record | present | the fate of the children of Hamel | accurately property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | ||||
| 3 | describe | participle | sunday | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fate | the children of Hamel | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
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 right answer
They had disappeared from the town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 disappeared | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 disappeared | aux |
| 3 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 town | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 disappeared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | past · perfect | They | the town | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from town=Initial_Location |
Option 2
They had been locked in the church and were quite safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 locked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 locked | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 locked | aux:pass |
| 4 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 church | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 church | det |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 locked | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 safe | cc |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 safe | cop |
| 10 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 11 safe | advmod |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 locked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past · perfect · passive | They | the church | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
They had gone into the hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | aux |
| 3 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 hills | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hills | det |
| 6 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · perfect | They | the hills | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into hill=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They had disappeared from the town and were never seen again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 disappeared | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 disappeared | aux |
| 3 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 town | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 disappeared | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 seen | cc |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 seen | aux:pass |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 seen | advmod |
| 10 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 disappeared | conj |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | past · perfect | They | the town | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from town=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not see | past · passive | They not said here | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
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