Exam question 1 · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

Which of the following was the reason for Désiré's extreme thirst at the beginning of this part?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Désiré · What happens: follow, be, thirst, begin · To what, where: beginning, part

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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	7 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reason	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 thirst	case
9	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 thirst	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Désiré	case
11	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thirst	amod
12	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 beginning	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beginning	det
15	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thirst	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 part	case
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 part	det
18	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 beginning	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past				of the reason; for Désiré's extreme thirst at the beginning of this part	tree rules
3	thirst		Désiré		at the beginning of this part		nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent at=place
4	begin			this part			nom beginning «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

He had forgotten to bring food for the trip

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	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 bring	mark
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgotten	xcomp
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 trip	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trip	det
9	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · perfect	He						tree rules
2	not bring	to-infinitive	He not said here	food				for the trip	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest and the dusty road

The tree, 24 words

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	3 neglected	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 neglected	aux
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fill	mark
5	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 neglected	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gourd	nmod:poss
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 setting	mark
11	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fill	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 setting	compound:prt
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 walk	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 walk	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 walk	amod
16	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 setting	obl
17	through	through	ADP	_	20 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 forest	det
19	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 forest	amod
20	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 setting	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 road	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 road	det
23	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 road	amod
24	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 forest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	neglect	past · perfect	He				vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not fill	to-infinitive	He not said here	his gourd		with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument
3	set out	gerund	He not said here		the long walk	through the hot forest and the dusty road	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through forest=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out

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	3 neglected	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 neglected	aux
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fill	mark
5	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 neglected	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gourd	nmod:poss
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 setting	mark
11	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fill	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 setting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	neglect	past · perfect	He			vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not fill	to-infinitive	He not said here	his gourd	with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument
3	set out	gerund	He not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest

The tree, 20 words

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	3 neglected	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 neglected	aux
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fill	mark
5	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 neglected	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gourd	nmod:poss
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fill	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 setting	mark
11	setting	set	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fill	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 setting	compound:prt
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 walk	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 walk	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 walk	amod
16	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 setting	obl
17	through	through	ADP	_	20 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 forest	det
19	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 forest	amod
20	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 setting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	neglect	past · perfect	He				vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not fill	to-infinitive	He not said here	his gourd		with water	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument
3	set out	gerund	He not said here		the long walk	through the hot forest	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through forest=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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