Exam question 2 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, th…

exam: By what means did the little mouse accomplish the collection of the grain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: exam · What happens: mean, accomplish · To what, where: collection

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1694 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, the grain heap and the wolves on the hill» 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	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accomplish	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
3	By	by	SCONJ	_	5 means	mark
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 accomplish	advcl
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 accomplish	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mouse	amod
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accomplish	nsubj
10	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 collection	det
12	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accomplish	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 grain	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grain	det
15	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collection	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 accomplish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	accomplish	past · do-support	exam	the collection of the grain					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Eventuality

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

By leading the wolves to the fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 leading	mark
2	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolves	det
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leading	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 fields	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fields	det
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	gerund		the wolves		the fields			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme to field=Destination

Option 2

By carrying the grain alone during the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 carrying	mark
2	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grain	det
4	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carrying	obj
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 carrying	advmod
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		the grain			night	alone property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme

Option 3

By persuading the King to lend his servants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 persuading	mark
2	persuading	persuade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 persuading	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lend	mark
6	lend	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 persuading	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	gerund		the King					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
2	lend	to-infinitive		King's servants					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By summoning every other mouse in the land to its aid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 summoning	mark
2	summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 mouse	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mouse	amod
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 aid	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 aid	nmod:poss
11	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			every other mouse	the land		to land's aid	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient

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