Exam question 2 · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the old wizard's goblins returned without the fugitives on the third occasion?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goblins · What happens: accord, be, return · To what, where: principal reason, third occasion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reason	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wizard	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wizard	amod
13	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 goblins	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 wizard	case
15	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 returned	nsubj
16	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	parataxis
17	without	without	ADP	_	19 fugitives	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fugitives	det
19	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 returned	obl
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 occasion	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 occasion	det
22	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 occasion	amod
23	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 returned	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the principal reason		accord the narrative	tree rules
3	return	past	the old wizard's goblins		the third occasion	without the fugitives	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

They saw the old wizard's own hall and fled home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wizard	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wizard	amod
5	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wizard	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hall	amod
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fled	cc
10	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
11	home	home	ADV	_	10 fled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	They	the old wizard's own hall					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hall=Stimulus
2	flee	past	They not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They found only the wood and a silver river near the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 wood	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wood	det
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 river	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	compound
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	conj
10	near	near	ADP	_	12 hill	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hill	det
12	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	They	the wood and a silver river		the hill			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They discovered neither stream, fish nor person, only a rose bush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	4 stream	det
4	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fish	punct
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stream	conj
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 person	cc
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stream	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bush	punct
10	only	only	ADV	_	13 bush	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bush	det
12	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bush	compound
13	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stream	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	They	neither stream and fish nor person and a rose bush					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Topic

Option 4

They were tired and gave up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tired	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 gave	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					tired property	tree rules
2	give up	past	They not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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