Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th…
Describe the consequence of the dragon's and the mother's alarm on the following morning.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mother · What happens: describe, follow, alarm · To what, where: consequence
This is exam question 4 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consequence | nmod |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 alarm | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mother | det |
| 10 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 alarm | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 mother | case |
| 12 | alarm | alarm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consequence | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 morning | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 morning | det |
| 15 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 morning | amod |
| 16 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the consequence of the dragon and the mother's alarm | morning | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | alarm | the mother | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer
they hastened to deliver the ducats to Stan
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 hastened | nsubj |
| 2 | hastened | hasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 deliver | mark |
| 4 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hastened | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ducats | det |
| 6 | ducats | ducat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 deliver | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Stan | case |
| 8 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 deliver | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hasten | past | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deliver | to-infinitive | they not said here | the ducats | Stan | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme to stan=Destination |
Option 2
they carried the club out to the field
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 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 club | det |
| 4 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 carried | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 field | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 field | det |
| 8 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | past | they | the club | to the field; out property | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
they rushed out to pay Stan the ducats, but Stan had already taken the brook and the trees
The tree, 18 words
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 rushed | nsubj |
| 2 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 rushed | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 rushed | xcomp |
| 6 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ducats | det |
| 8 | ducats | ducat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 taken | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 taken | cc |
| 11 | Stan | Stan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 taken | aux |
| 13 | already | already | ADV | _ | 14 taken | advmod |
| 14 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rushed | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 brook | det |
| 16 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 taken | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 trees | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 trees | det |
| 19 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 brook | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush out | past | they | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | they not said here | Stan | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent stan=Recipient ducat=Asset | ||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect · passive | Stan | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme brook=Destination |
Option 4
they locked the doors and fled the farm
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 locked | nsubj |
| 2 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 doors | det |
| 4 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 locked | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fled | cc |
| 6 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 locked | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 farm | det |
| 8 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past | they | the doors | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ||||
| 2 | flee | past | they not said here | the farm | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme farm=Initial_Location |
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