Exam question 3 · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the…

What circumstance made the theft of the holy water possible?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstance · What happens: make · To what, where: theft

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 theft	det
5	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
8	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 theft	nmod
10	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	what circumstance	the theft of the holy water				possible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset theft=Product

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

A great storm had blown out every candle in the church and the lone nun had run off to the village to fetch help

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storm	amod
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blown	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blown	aux
5	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 blown	compound:prt
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 candle	det
8	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blown	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blown	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 run	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nun	det
14	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 nun	amod
15	nun	nun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 run	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 run	aux
17	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 blown	conj
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 run	compound:prt
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 village	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 run	obl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 fetch	mark
23	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 run	advcl
24	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	blow out	past · perfect	a great storm	every candle	in the church	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent candle=Patient in church=Topic
2	run off	past · perfect	the lone nun		to the village result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to village=Result
3	fetch	to-infinitive	the lone nun not said here	help		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme

Option 2

The lone guard nun had fallen asleep across the threshold of the church, and the door stood open all night long

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nun	det
2	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nun	amod
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nun	compound
4	nun	nun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fallen	aux
6	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fallen	xcomp
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 threshold	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 threshold	det
10	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 church	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 church	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 threshold	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stood	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stood	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stood	nsubj
18	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fallen	conj
19	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 stood	xcomp
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stood	obl:unmarked
22	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	the lone guard nun			the threshold of the church		asleep property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across threshold=Initial_Location
2	stand	past	the door				night	long, open property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The lone guard nun had fallen asleep across the threshold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nun	det
2	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nun	amod
3	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nun	compound
4	nun	nun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fallen	aux
6	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fallen	xcomp
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 threshold	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 threshold	det
10	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	the lone guard nun			the threshold		asleep property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across threshold=Initial_Location

Option 4

The church gates were left unlocked that night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gates	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gates	compound
3	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 left	xcomp
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unlocked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		the church gates					tree rules
2	unlock	participle	the church gates not said here				night		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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