Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is…

Which of the following is the most accurate description of the condition of the Glass Mountain's would-be climbers?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, condition · To what, where: climbers, Glass Mountain

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1703 «Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is pulled under the pond, and his wife wins him back» 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	9 description	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 description	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 description	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 description	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 description	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 description	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 description	amod
9	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 condition	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 condition	det
12	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 description	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Mountain	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mountain	det
15	Glass	Glass	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Mountain	compound
16	Mountain	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 condition	nmod
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Mountain	case
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 climbers	aux
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 would	punct
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 climbers	cop
21	climbers	climber	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 description	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 description	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the accurate description and climbers; of the condition of the Glass Mountain	tree rules
3	is a	would	climbers		tree rules
4	condition		the Glass Mountain		nom condition «state 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

Most gave up at the start.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 start	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 start	det
6	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	Most			the start			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Most were unhurt but turned back, and none reached the top.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 unhurt	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unhurt	cop
3	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 turned	cc
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unhurt	conj
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 turned	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reached	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reached	cc
9	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 reached	nsubj
10	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unhurt	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 top	det
12	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reached	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unhurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Most		unhurt property	tree rules
2	turn back	past	Most not said here			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	reach	past	none	the top		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme

Option 3

Some reached the castle, but most were left stranded halfway up the slope and froze.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 reached	nsubj
2	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 castle	det
4	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 left	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 left	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reached	conj
10	stranded	strand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 left	xcomp
11	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	10 stranded	advmod
12	up	up	ADP	_	14 slope	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 slope	det
14	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stranded	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 froze	cc
16	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reached	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reach	past	Some	the castle		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent castle=Theme
2	leave	past · passive		most		tree rules
3	strand	participle	most not said here		up the slope; halfway property	tree rules
4	freeze	past				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many were injured or killed, and their bodies lay about the foot of the mountain.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 injured	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 injured	aux:pass
3	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 killed	cc
5	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 injured	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lay	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lay	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bodies	nmod:poss
9	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lay	nsubj
10	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 injured	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 foot	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 foot	det
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lay	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 mountain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mountain	det
16	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 foot	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 injured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	injure	past · passive		Many		tree rules
2	kill	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	lay	present	their bodies		about the foot of the mountain	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent about foot=Destination

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