Exam question 4 · pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack,…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the neighbour gave for the dog's apparent death?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbour, dog · What happens: follow, state, give, die · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1777 «pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack, then a dog who digs up gold and is killed by a greedy neighbour» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 neighbour	det
10	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	17 death	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dog	det
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 death	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dog	case
16	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 death	amod
17	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	past	the neighbour	the reason not said here	for the dog's apparent death	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for death=Asset
4	die		the dog			nom death «event intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That it had suddenly fallen down dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fallen	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fallen	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	5 fallen	advmod
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 fallen	compound:prt
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fallen	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past · perfect	That					dead, suddenly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That it had eaten poisoned meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 eaten	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 meat	amod
6	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect · passive		That					tree rules
2	poison	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

That it had suddenly collapsed and died from an old illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 collapsed	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 collapsed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 collapsed	aux
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	5 collapsed	advmod
5	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 died	cc
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 collapsed	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 illness	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 illness	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 illness	amod
11	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	past · perfect · passive		That				suddenly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	die	past				a old illness			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from illness=Causer

Option 4

That it had suddenly fallen down dead in the yard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fallen	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fallen	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fallen	aux
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	5 fallen	advmod
5	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 fallen	compound:prt
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fallen	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 yard	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 yard	det
10	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past · perfect	That					in the yard; dead, suddenly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in yard=Location

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