Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…

Specify the nature of the stratagem by which Stan evaded the attempted murder during the night.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Stan · What happens: specify, evade, attempt · To what, where: nature, attempted murder

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 stratagem	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stratagem	det
6	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 evaded	obl
9	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 evaded	nsubj
10	evaded	evade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stratagem	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 murder	det
12	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 murder	amod
13	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 evaded	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 evaded	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the stratagem			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	evade	past	Stan	the attempted murder	night	by the stratagem	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent murder=Location
3	attempt	participle					vn try-61.1 «NP V 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

a heavy stone placed under the covers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stone	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stone	acl
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 covers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 covers	det
7	covers	cover	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle		a heavy stone not said here		the covers			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under cover=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a trough concealed beneath the bedclothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trough	det
2	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trough	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 bedclothes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bedclothes	det
6	bedclothes	bedclothes	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle		a trough not said here		the bedclothes			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath bedclothes=Location

Option 3

a sack of earth under the blanket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sack	det
2	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 earth	case
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sack	nmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 blanket	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blanket	det
7	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sack	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a loud snoring performed beside a pile of sacks in the corner of the room

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 snoring	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snoring	amod
3	snoring	snoring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 snoring	acl
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 pile	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pile	det
7	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 sacks	case
9	sacks	sack	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pile	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 corner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corner	det
12	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 room	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 room	det
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	participle		a loud snoring not said here		a pile of sacks		in the corner of the room	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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