Exam question 1 · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnershi…

Which of the following describes the arrangement between the Cat and the Mouse at the beginning of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, begin · To what, where: beginning, tale

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1677 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, part 1: the cat and mouse hide a pot of fat in the church, and the cat secretly eats it» 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	7 arrangement	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 arrangement	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 arrangement	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 arrangement	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 arrangement	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 arrangement	det
7	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 Cat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Cat	det
10	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrangement	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Mouse	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mouse	det
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Cat	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 beginning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 beginning	det
16	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrangement	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 tale	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tale	det
19	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beginning	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 arrangement	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		at the beginning of the tale	of the arrangement; between the Cat and the Mouse	tree rules
3	begin		the tale			nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient

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

They agreed to move into a larger house together and split all the costs of the household fairly

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 move	mark
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 house	det
7	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 house	amod
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 move	obl
9	together	together	ADV	_	4 move	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 split	cc
11	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 costs	det
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 costs	det
14	costs	cost	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 split	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 household	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 household	det
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 costs	nmod
18	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	11 split	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		a larger house	together property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into house=Trajectory
3	split	past	They not said here	all costs of the household		fairly property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Patient
4	cost			the household			nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They agreed to share a dwelling and the household provisions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dwelling	det
6	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 provisions	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 provisions	det
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provisions	compound
10	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dwelling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	share not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	a dwelling and the household provisions					tree rules

Option 3

They decided to live apart and divide the food supplies equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 live	mark
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 live	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 divide	cc
7	divide	divide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 live	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 supplies	det
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 supplies	compound
10	supplies	supplies	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 divide	obj
11	equally	equally	ADV	_	7 divide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	past	They			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	divide	infinitive	They not said here	the food supplies	equally property	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supplies=Theme

Option 4

They agreed to keep separate homes but split the household goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 homes	amod
6	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obj
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 split	cc
8	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 goods	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 goods	compound
11	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 split	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	separate homes	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
3	split	past	They not said here	the household goods	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Patient

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