Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

Which action did Désiré perform upon the iron gate prior to its opening?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
8	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gate	compound
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
10	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 opening	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 prior	fixed
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 opening	nmod:poss
13	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action					upon the iron gate; prior action's opening	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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

He hammered the iron bars until the rust fell away from the hinges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hammered	nsubj
2	hammered	hammer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bars	det
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bars	compound
5	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hammered	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 fell	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rust	det
8	rust	rust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hammered	advcl
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 fell	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 hinges	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hinges	det
13	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hammer	past	He	the iron bars					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
2	fall away	past	the rust			the hinges		away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He kicked the iron frame hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kicked	nsubj
2	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 frame	det
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frame	compound
5	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kicked	obj
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 kicked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	He	the iron frame				hard property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent frame=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He lubricated the hinges with oil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lubricated	nsubj
2	lubricated	lubricate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hinges	det
4	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lubricated	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 oil	case
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lubricated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lubricate	past	He	the hinges				with oil	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hinge=Destination with oil=Theme

Option 4

He painted the iron bars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bars	det
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bars	compound
5	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 painted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	He	the iron bars					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bar=Destination

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