Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

What event occurred immediately after the cup of wine had been emptied?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event · What happens: occur, empty

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 occurred	obj
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	3 occurred	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 cup	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cup	det
7	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 emptied	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 wine	case
9	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cup	nmod
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 emptied	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 emptied	aux:pass
12	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 occurred	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 occurred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	past	event					immediately property	tree rules
2	empty	past · perfect · passive					after the cup of wine		vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»

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 guests fell silent at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guests	det
2	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fell	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the guests					silent property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2

The bridegroom ran off as the helmet burst open with a loud crack and jewels fell

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridegroom	det
2	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 burst	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 helmet	det
7	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burst	nsubj
8	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ran	advcl
9	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 burst	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 crack	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crack	det
12	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 crack	amod
13	crack	crack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 burst	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fell	cc
15	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 fell	nsubj
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ran	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the bridegroom		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	burst	past	the helmet	with a loud crack; open property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall	past	jewels		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The helmet burst open with a loud noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 helmet	det
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burst	nsubj
3	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 burst	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 noise	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 noise	det
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 noise	amod
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burst	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	past	the helmet					with a loud noise; open property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The helmet suddenly burst open with a very loud noise that startled every guest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 helmet	det
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burst	nsubj
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	4 burst	advmod
4	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 burst	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 noise	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 noise	det
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 loud	advmod
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 noise	amod
10	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burst	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 startled	nsubj
12	startled	startle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 noise	acl:relcl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 guest	det
14	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 startled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	past	the helmet					with a loud noise; open, suddenly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	startle	past	a loud noise	every guest					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer

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