Exam question 3 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, th…

exam: Which creature had Ferko previously healed, and what service did it render in the third task?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ferko, exam · What happens: heal, render · To what, where: third task

This is exam question 3 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	15 render	nsubj:outer
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
3	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 creature	det
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 render	aux
6	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 healed	nsubj
7	previously	previously	ADV	_	8 healed	advmod
8	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 render	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 render	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 render	obj
12	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 render	aux
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 render	nsubj
15	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 task	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 task	det
18	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 task	amod
19	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 render	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 render	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	past	Ferko					previously property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	render	past · do-support	exam			the third task			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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

The mouse, by gathering the wolves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mouse	det
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mouse	punct
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 gathering	mark
5	gathering	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 mouse	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wolves	det
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gathering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	gerund	the mouse not said here	the wolves					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme

Option 2

The Princess, by guiding the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 guiding	punct
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 guiding	mark
5	guiding	guide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Princess	appos
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	gerund		the King					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The wolf, by carrying Ferko and driving the pack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carrying	punct
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 carrying	mark
5	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 wolf	appos
6	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 carrying	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 driving	cc
8	driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 carrying	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pack	det
10	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 driving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		Ferko					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ferko=Theme
2	drive	gerund		the pack					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme pack=Trajectory

Option 4

The bee, by building the flower palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bee	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 building	punct
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 building	mark
5	building	build	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bee	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 palace	compound
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 building	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund	the bee not said here	the flower palace					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset palace=Product

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