Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…
Which of the following describes the fate of the fir-tree after the storyteller had finished his tale?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate, his · What happens: follow, describe, finish, tell · To what, where: fate, tale · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fate | det |
| 7 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 10 | fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tree | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 fir | punct |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 finished | obl |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 storyteller | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 storyteller | det |
| 15 | storyteller | storyteller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 finished | obl |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 finished | aux |
| 17 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 fate | acl:relcl |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 tale | nmod:poss |
| 19 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 finished | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the fate | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | |||||
| 3 | finish | past · perfect | the fate not said here | his tale | after the storyteller | of the fir tree | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tale=Eventuality | ||
| 4 | tell | his = he | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=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
It was carried to a barn and placed by the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | aux:pass |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 barn | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 barn | det |
| 6 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 placed | cc |
| 8 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 carried | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 door | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 door | det |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past · passive | It | a barn | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to barn=Destination | ||||
| 2 | place | participle | by the door | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by door=Destination |
Option 2
The tree was moved to a cellar and left in the cold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tree | det |
| 2 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 moved | aux:pass |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 cellar | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cellar | det |
| 7 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 left | cc |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 moved | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 cold | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cold | det |
| 12 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 left | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 moved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | the tree | a cellar | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to cellar=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | in the cold result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cold=Result |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The tree was dragged out into the snowy yard and placed among other discarded trees until spring.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tree | det |
| 2 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dragged | aux:pass |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 dragged | compound:prt |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 yard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 yard | det |
| 8 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 yard | amod |
| 9 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 placed | cc |
| 11 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dragged | conj |
| 12 | among | among | ADP | _ | 15 trees | case |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 trees | amod |
| 14 | discarded | discard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 trees | amod |
| 15 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 placed | obl |
| 16 | until | until | ADP | _ | 17 spring | case |
| 17 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 placed | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dragged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag out | past · passive | the tree | into the snowy yard | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | place | participle | other discarded trees | spring | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent among tree=Destination | ||||
| 3 | discard | participle | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The tree was removed to a lumber-room and placed in a dark corner.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tree | det |
| 2 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 removed | aux:pass |
| 4 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 room | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 room | det |
| 7 | lumber | lumber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 room | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 lumber | punct |
| 9 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 removed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 placed | cc |
| 11 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 removed | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 corner | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 corner | det |
| 14 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 corner | amod |
| 15 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 placed | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 removed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | past · passive | the tree | a lumber room | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination | ||||
| 2 | place | participle | a dark corner | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in corner=Destination |
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