Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth…

Which of the following is the correct account of the youngest sister's position in the cottage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» 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	8 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 account	amod
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 position	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sister	det
11	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 sister	amod
12	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 position	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 sister	case
14	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 cottage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cottage	det
17	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 position	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 account	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	is	present						of the correct account; of the youngest sister's position in the cottage	tree rules

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

she was kept in the cottage to keep house for the old man and his three cats

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	3 kept	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cottage	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cottage	det
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kept	advcl
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 man	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cats	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 cats	nmod:poss
16	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 cats	nummod
17	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 man	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		she		the cottage			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cottage=Location
2	keep	to-infinitive		house				for the old man and his three cats	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 2

she was locked in the old man's barn

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 locked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	aux:pass
3	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	9 barn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 barn	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive		she		the old man's barn			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she was kept to keep house for the old man

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 kept	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kept	xcomp
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		she					tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	she not said here	house				for the old man	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Option 4

she was sent out to find the brothers

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brothers	det
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past · passive		she					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive		the brothers					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic

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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