Exam question 4 · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnershi…

Which action did the Cat undertake on arriving at the church, and in what manner?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, arrive · To what, where: manner, church

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	SCONJ	_	8 arriving	mark
8	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 undertake	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arriving	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 manner	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 manner	cc
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 manner	case
15	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	16 manner	det
16	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action			what manner			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	arrive	gerund	which action not said here			the church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

She ate the pot

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	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pot	det
4	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	She	the pot					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Patient

Option 2

She ran off

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	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	She						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She nibbled the edge of the bread, quietly

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	2 nibbled	nsubj
2	nibbled	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 edge	det
4	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nibbled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bread	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bread	det
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edge	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quietly	punct
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 nibbled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nibble	past	She	the edge of the bread				quietly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She licked the top from the fat, in secret

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	2 licked	nsubj
2	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 top	det
4	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 fat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fat	det
7	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 secret	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 secret	case
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 licked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lick	past	She	the top		the fat		in secret	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent top=Theme from fat=Source

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