Exam question 4 · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

Describe the action that Titty undertook when she was instructed to fill the milk-can.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Titty · What happens: describe, undertake, instruct, fill · To what, where: action, Titty

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 action	det
3	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 undertook	mark
5	Titty	Titty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 undertook	nsubj
6	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 action	acl:relcl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 instructed	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 instructed	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 instructed	aux:pass
10	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 undertook	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fill	mark
12	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 instructed	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 can	det
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 can	nsubj
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 milk	punct
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 fill	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the action	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	undertake	past	Titty	the action not said here	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality
3	instruct speech: other	past · passive		Titty	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	fill	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

She stooped over the well and tried to draw water, but the can slipped from her hands and sank to the bottom

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stooped	nsubj
2	stooped	stoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stooped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tried	cc
7	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stooped	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 draw	mark
9	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tried	xcomp
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 draw	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 slipped	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 slipped	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 can	det
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 slipped	parataxis
15	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stooped	parataxis
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 hands	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hands	nmod:poss
18	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 slipped	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sank	cc
20	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stooped	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 bottom	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bottom	det
23	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stoop	past	She		the well		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over well=Location
2	try	past	She not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	draw not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	water			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
4	slip	past				from her hands	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from hand=Co-Patient
5	sink	past	She not said here			to the bottom	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She stooped over the well, but the can sank to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stooped	nsubj
2	stooped	stoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stooped	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sank	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 sank	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sank	det
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sank	aux
10	sank	sank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stooped	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 bottom	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bottom	det
13	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stoop	past	She			the well			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over well=Location
2	sank	can	She not said here					to the bottom	tree rules

Option 3

She leaned over the well and the can fell in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaned	nsubj
2	leaned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaned	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fell	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fell	det
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fell	aux
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leaned	conj
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	She			the well			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall in	can	She not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She stooped over the river but the pitcher broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stooped	nsubj
2	stooped	stoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stooped	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 broke	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pitcher	det
8	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	nsubj
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stooped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stoop	past	She			the river			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over river=Location
2	break	past	the pitcher						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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