Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon her third appearance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, secure · To what, where: cook employ, order, duck

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 employ	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employ	compound
6	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 secure	mark
10	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 duck	det
12	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 appearance	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 appearance	nmod:poss
15	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 appearance	amod
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the cook employ		order			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
2	secure	to-infinitive	which object not said here	the duck				upon object's third appearance	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition duck=Theme

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

A hook, dropped into the water by the palace wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hook	det
2	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hook	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wall	compound
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle		a hook not said here		the water		by the palace wall	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent into water=Destination by wall=Initial_Location

Option 2

A sack, thrown over her near the kitchen door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sack	det
2	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thrown	punct
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sack	acl
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thrown	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	participle		a sack not said here		the kitchen door		over her = she	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over she=Destination

Option 3

A cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cage	det
2	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A net, cast over her as she emerged from the drain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 net	det
2	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 emerged	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cast	punct
4	cast	cast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 net	conj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cast	nmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 emerged	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 emerged	nsubj
9	emerged	emerge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 drain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 drain	det
12	drain	drain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 emerged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emerge	past	a net and cast over her			the drain			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from drain=Initial_Location

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