Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…

Which account of the stork's conjecture regarding the destination of the felled trees is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account, stork · What happens: regard, fell, be, account, conjecture · To what, where: conjecture

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 accurate	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 conjecture	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stork	det
5	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conjecture	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 stork	case
7	conjecture	conjecture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 account	nmod
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 destination	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 destination	det
10	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conjecture	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 trees	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trees	det
13	felled	fell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 trees	amod
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 destination	nmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 accurate	cop
16	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fell	participle				tree rules
3	is	present	which account of the stork's conjecture regard the destination of the felled trees		accurate property	tree rules
4	account			the stork's conjecture regard the destination of the felled trees		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	conjecture		the stork		regard the destination of the felled trees	nom conjecture «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent regard=obl

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

He supposed that they had been carried across the wide ocean to the king's harbour, where they would be made into splendid masts for his navy.

The tree, 27 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 supposed	nsubj
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 carried	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 carried	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 carried	aux:pass
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 supposed	xcomp
8	across	across	ADP	_	11 ocean	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ocean	det
10	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ocean	amod
11	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 harbour	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 harbour	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 king	case
16	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 made	punct
18	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 made	advmod
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 made	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 made	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 made	aux:pass
22	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 harbour	acl:relcl
23	into	into	ADP	_	25 masts	case
24	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 masts	amod
25	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 made	obl
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 navy	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 navy	nmod:poss
28	navy	navy	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 masts	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 supposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suppose	past	He				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry	past · perfect · passive		they	the wide ocean	to the king's harbour	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to harbour=Destination
3	make	would · passive		they	splendid masts for king's navy		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into mast=Product

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He supposed that they had been transported to sea as splendid masts.

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 supposed	nsubj
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 transported	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 transported	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 transported	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 transported	aux:pass
7	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 supposed	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transported	obl
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 masts	case
11	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 masts	amod
12	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 transported	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 supposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppose	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	transport	past · perfect · passive		they		sea		as splendid masts	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 3

He supposed that the trees had been transported to sea as splendid masts for a great fleet of ships sailing far away.

The tree, 22 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 supposed	nsubj
2	supposed	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 transported	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trees	det
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 transported	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 transported	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 transported	aux:pass
8	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 supposed	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transported	obl
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 masts	case
12	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 masts	amod
13	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 transported	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 fleet	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 fleet	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 fleet	amod
17	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 transported	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 ships	case
19	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fleet	nmod
20	sailing	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 ships	acl
21	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 away	advmod
22	away	away	ADV	_	20 sailing	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 supposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suppose	past	He				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	transport	past · perfect · passive		the trees	sea	as splendid masts; for a great fleet of ships	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination
3	sail	gerund	ships not said here			away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He thought they had been carried off to a distant land to make furniture.

The tree, 14 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carried	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 carried	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 carried	aux:pass
6	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 carried	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 land	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 land	det
10	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 land	amod
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 carried	advcl
14	furniture	furniture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry off	past · perfect · passive		they	a distant land	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to land=Destination
3	make	to-infinitive		furniture		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset furniture=Product

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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