Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl be…

With reference to the passage, state the principal consequence of the Jogi's intoxication.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jogi · What happens: intoxicate

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 consequence	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 consequence	amod
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 intoxication	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Jogi	det
13	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 intoxication	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Jogi	case
15	intoxication	intoxication	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consequence	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intoxicate		the Jogi						nom intoxication «state 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 fiddle was stolen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddle	det
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stolen	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stolen	aux:pass
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · passive		the fiddle					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He lost his fiddle to the chief's men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fiddle	nmod:poss
4	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 men	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chief	det
7	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 chief	case
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his fiddle				to the chief's men	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddle=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The fiddle was surreptitiously exchanged for an inferior instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddle	det
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exchanged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exchanged	aux:pass
4	surreptitiously	surreptitiously	ADV	_	5 exchanged	advmod
5	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 instrument	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 instrument	det
8	inferior	inferior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 instrument	amod
9	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exchanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	past · passive		the fiddle				for a inferior instrument; surreptitiously property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for instrument=Co-Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The fiddle was secretly swapped for a worse one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddle	det
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swapped	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 swapped	aux:pass
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 swapped	advmod
5	swapped	swap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 one	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past · passive		the fiddle				for a worse one; secretly property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for one=Co-Theme

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