Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of c…

Explain the function of the rock in the narrative, with reference to the concealment of the fugitives before their flight.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, conceal · To what, where: function, narrative, fugitives

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 narrative	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reference	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 reference	case
12	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 concealment	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 concealment	det
15	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reference	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 fugitives	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fugitives	det
18	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 concealment	nmod
19	before	before	ADP	_	21 flight	case
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 flight	nmod:poss
21	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the function of the rock		the narrative	before fugitives's flight	with reference to the concealment of the fugitives	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	conceal			the fugitives					nom concealment «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it sheltered the pair from the Fairy's sight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sheltered	nsubj
2	sheltered	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 sight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fairy	det
7	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sight	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Fairy	case
9	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shelter	past	it	the pair		the Fairy's sight			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pair=Patient from sight=Beneficiary
2	sight		the Fairy						nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

it sheltered the pair from the Fairy's sight until dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sheltered	nsubj
2	sheltered	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 sight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fairy	det
7	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sight	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Fairy	case
9	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obl
10	until	until	ADP	_	11 dusk	case
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shelter	past	it	the pair		the Fairy's sight	dusk		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pair=Patient from sight=Beneficiary
2	sight		the Fairy						nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

it hid the pair from the witch's view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 view	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 witch	det
7	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 view	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 witch	case
9	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	it	the pair		the witch's view			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pair=Patient from view=Beneficiary
2	view		the witch						nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

it sheltered the pair from the Fairy's sight and the boar's charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sheltered	nsubj
2	sheltered	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 sight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fairy	det
7	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sight	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Fairy	case
9	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 charge	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boar	det
12	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 charge	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 boar	case
14	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheltered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shelter	past	it	the pair	the Fairy's sight	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pair=Patient from sight=Beneficiary
2	sight		the Fairy			nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
3	charge		the boar			nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent

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