Exam question 2 · Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the king discovers his queen and children?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: follow, describe, discover · To what, where: manner, queen

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1667 «Tales of Many Lands, The Jackal, the Dove, and the Panther, part 56: the jackal tricks the dove, then the heron, and finds the panther's den» 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	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 discovers	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 discovers	nsubj
13	discovers	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 queen	nmod:poss
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 discovers	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 children	cc
17	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 queen	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	discover	present	the king	king's queen and children	the manner		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

He wakes to a gentle touch from a child's hands

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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 touch	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 touch	det
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 touch	amod
6	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wakes	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 hands	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hands	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 child	case
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 touch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	He					to a gentle touch from a child's hands	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He spots a light coming through the hut

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 spots	nsubj
2	spots	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spots	obj
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 light	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 hut	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hut	det
8	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	present	He	a light					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Destination
2	come	gerund	a light not said here			the hut			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through hut=Initial_Location

Option 3

He is led by a dog to a hut in the woods where his family lies sleeping under the roof

The tree, 20 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	3 led	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 led	aux:pass
3	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl:agent
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 hut	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hut	det
9	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 woods	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woods	det
12	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	obl
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 lies	advmod
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 family	nmod:poss
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lies	nsubj
16	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 woods	acl:relcl
17	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 lies	xcomp
18	under	under	ADP	_	20 roof	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roof	det
20	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lead	present · passive	a dog	He	the woods	to a hut	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to hut=Destination
2	lie	present	dog's family				tree rules
3	sleep	gerund	dog's family not said here		the roof		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He wakes up when a child's small hands gently touch his arm and lift it from the bed

The tree, 19 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 wakes	nsubj
2	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 wakes	compound:prt
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 touch	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hands	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 child	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hands	amod
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 touch	nsubj
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	11 touch	advmod
11	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wakes	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 arm	nmod:poss
13	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 touch	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lift	cc
15	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 touch	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lift	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 bed	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bed	det
19	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wake up	present	He				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	touch	present	a child's small hands	child's arm		gently property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arm=Co-Theme
3	lift	present	a child's small hands not said here	arm	the bed		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from bed=Destination

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