Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…

Which of the following accurately describes the destination of Minnikin upon separating from his brother at the crossway?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: destination · What happens: follow, describe, separate · To what, where: destination, crossway

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 destination	det
8	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Minnikin	case
10	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 destination	nmod
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 separating	mark
12	separating	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 destination	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 brother	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 brother	nmod:poss
15	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separating	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 crossway	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crossway	det
18	crossway	crossway	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 separating	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the destination of Minnikin		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme
3	separate	gerund	the destination of Minnikin not said here		the crossway	from Minnikin's brother	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from brother=Co-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

He proceeded eastward, where he encountered an aged hag

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 proceeded	nsubj
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eastward	eastward	ADV	_	2 proceeded	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 encountered	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 encountered	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 encountered	nsubj
7	encountered	encounter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proceeded	conj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hag	det
9	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hag	amod
10	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 encountered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	He					eastward property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	encounter	past	he	a aged hag					vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He went on eastward, away from his brother, and at last encountered a very old hag living alone in the woods

The tree, 21 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	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 eastward	case
4	eastward	eastward	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 went	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 away	punct
6	away	away	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 brother	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 away	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 encountered	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 encountered	cc
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 last	case
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 encountered	obl
14	encountered	encounter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 hag	det
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 old	advmod
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 hag	amod
18	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 encountered	obj
19	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 hag	acl
20	alone	alone	ADV	_	19 living	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 woods	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 woods	det
23	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	He			away property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on eastward=Location
2	encounter	past	He not said here	a old hag	last		vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus
3	live	gerund	a old hag not said here		the woods	alone property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Option 3

He proceeded eastward along the old road, where he encountered an aged hag with one eye and a crooked back

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	2 proceeded	nsubj
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eastward	eastward	ADV	_	2 proceeded	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	7 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 road	amod
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proceeded	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 encountered	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 encountered	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 encountered	nsubj
11	encountered	encounter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proceeded	conj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hag	det
13	aged	aged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hag	amod
14	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 encountered	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 eye	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 eye	nummod
17	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 encountered	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 back	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 back	det
20	crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 back	amod
21	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 eye	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past	He					along the old road; eastward property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	encounter	past	he	a aged hag				with one eye and a crooked back	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus

Option 4

He headed west and found a witch there

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 headed	nsubj
2	headed	head	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	west	west	ADV	_	2 headed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 found	cc
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 headed	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 witch	det
7	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 found	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	head	past	He					west property	vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	He not said here	a witch		there			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic

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