Exam question 3 · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

Which event prevents the eldest and second daughters from completing their journey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: event, daughters · What happens: prevent, complete, journey · To what, where: eldest, journey

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prevents	nsubj
3	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eldest	det
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 prevents	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 daughters	cc
7	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 daughters	amod
8	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prevents	conj
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 completing	mark
10	completing	complete	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 prevents	advcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 journey	nmod:poss
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 completing	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 prevents	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	prevent	present	which event	the eldest	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer eld=Theme
2	complete	gerund	which event not said here	daughters's journey	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality
3	journey		daughters = daughter		nom journey «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 encounter	nmod:poss
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 wolf	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wolf	amod
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encounter	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
9	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bridge	compound
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wolf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encounter		Their = they					with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge	nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

Option 2

Their quarrel over who should ride the silver horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 quarrel	nmod:poss
2	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	over	over	SCONJ	_	6 ride	mark
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ride	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ride	aux
6	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 quarrel	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 horse	det
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horse	compound
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	should	Their quarrel	the silver horse					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
2	quarrel		Their = they						nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Their encounter with a magician who turned their horses into stone at the edge of the forest near the old mill

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 encounter	nmod:poss
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 magician	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 magician	det
5	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encounter	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 turned	nsubj
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horses	nmod:poss
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 stone	case
11	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 edge	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 edge	det
14	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 edge	nmod
18	near	near	ADP	_	21 mill	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 mill	det
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 mill	amod
21	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	Their encounter with a magician	their horses		stone		at the edge of the forest; near the old mill	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into stone=Source at edge=Trajectory near mill=Destination
2	encounter		Their = they					with a magician	nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

Option 4

Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge, where the wolf showed its teeth and frightened both sisters back home

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 encounter	nmod:poss
2	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 showed	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 wolf	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wolf	det
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wolf	amod
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 encounter	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
9	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bridge	compound
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wolf	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 showed	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 showed	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wolf	det
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 showed	nsubj
15	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 teeth	nmod:poss
17	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 showed	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 frightened	cc
19	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 showed	conj
20	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	21 sisters	det
21	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 frightened	obj
22	back	back	ADV	_	19 frightened	advmod
23	home	home	ADV	_	19 frightened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	past	Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge	wolf's teeth		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient
2	frighten back	past	Their encounter with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge not said here	both sisters	home property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sister=Experiencer
3	encounter		Their = they		with a grey wolf upon the copper bridge	nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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