Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master in the girl's chamber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstances · What happens: be, discover · To what, where: herd boy, chamber

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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	Under	under	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boy	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
6	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boy	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 herd	punct
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	acl:relcl
9	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 boy	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 master	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 chamber	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 girl	det
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chamber	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 girl	case
17	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	circumstances	the herd boy					tree rules
2	discover	participle		the herd boy not said here		the girl's chamber		by boy's master	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent

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 lord caught him climbing the wall of the old castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lord	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caught	obj
5	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 caught	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 castle	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 castle	amod
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	the lord	him = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	climb	gerund	the lord not said here	the wall of the old castle					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location wall=Theme

Option 2

He was spotted by a servant while walking into the hall

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 spotted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	aux:pass
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 walking	mark
8	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spotted	advcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · passive	a servant	He					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination
2	walk	gerund	a servant not said here					into the hall result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hall=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He entered without the invisible belt during a violent storm

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 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	ADP	_	6 belt	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 belt	det
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 belt	amod
6	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
7	during	during	ADP	_	10 storm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 storm	det
9	violent	violent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 storm	amod
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	He				during a violent storm	without the invisible belt	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was caught stealing bread

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 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 caught	xcomp
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	steal	gerund		bread					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bread=Theme

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