Exam question 1 · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…

Identify the means by which the youngest sister became attached to the golden goose.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, youngest sister · What happens: identify, mean, become, attach · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1580 «Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 became	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sister	det
7	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 sister	amod
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 became	nsubj
9	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
10	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 became	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 goose	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goose	det
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 goose	amod
14	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attached	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	become	past	the youngest sister		tree rules
4	attach	participle	the youngest sister not said here	to the golden goose	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

She touched her sister who was already fixed to the bird.

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 touched	nsubj
2	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touched	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fixed	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fixed	aux:pass
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 fixed	advmod
8	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sister	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 bird	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bird	det
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fixed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 touched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	She	her sister					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sister=Co-Theme
2	fix	past · passive		her sister				to the bird	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to bird=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She held the parson's coat while the goose flapped away

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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 parson	det
4	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 parson	case
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 flapped	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goose	det
9	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flapped	nsubj
10	flapped	flap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 held	advcl
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 flapped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	She	the parson's coat					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	flap away	past	the goose					away property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She grabbed her sister who had already become attached to the golden bird by touching it earlier.

The tree, 17 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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	iobj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 become	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 become	aux
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 become	advmod
8	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 grabbed	parataxis
9	attached	attach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 become	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 bird	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bird	det
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bird	amod
13	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attached	obl
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 touching	mark
15	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 attached	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 touching	obj
17	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 touching	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grabbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	grab	past	She		her sister		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme
2	become	past · perfect					tree rules
3	attach	participle				to the golden bird	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	touch	gerund		bird		early property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Option 4

She was pulled onto the goose when her sister, already stuck fast to the golden bird, was touched by her.

The tree, 20 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	3 pulled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pulled	aux:pass
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 goose	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 stuck	advmod
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sister	nmod:poss
9	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	nsubj:pass
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stuck	punct
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 stuck	advmod
12	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pulled	advcl
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 stuck	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 bird	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bird	det
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bird	amod
17	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 touched	punct
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 touched	aux:pass
20	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pulled	conj
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 touched	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull	past · passive		She	onto the goose	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Result
2	stick	participle · passive		goose's sister	to the golden bird; fast property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to bird=Co-Patient
3	touch	past · passive	bird			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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