Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

By what means was the theft of food discovered within the household?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, be, discover · To what, where: theft, food

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 theft	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 theft	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 theft	det
6	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 theft	nmod
9	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 food	acl
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovered	obl:agent
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 theft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the theft	of food	tree rules
3	discover	participle	food not said here		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=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

By the servant's careless repetition of the message word for word, which exposed him before the whole household

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 repetition	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servant	det
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repetition	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 servant	case
5	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 repetition	amod
6	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 word	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
9	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	compound
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repetition	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 word	case
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 exposed	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 exposed	nsubj
15	exposed	expose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 word	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 exposed	obj
17	before	before	ADP	_	20 household	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 household	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 household	amod
20	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expose	past	the message word for word	him = he			before the whole household		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Topic
2	repeat		the message word for word						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

By the maids repeating the stolen message aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 maids	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 maids	det
3	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 maids	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 message	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 message	amod
7	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repeating	obj
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	4 repeating	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	gerund	the maids not said here	the stolen message				aloud property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Eventuality
2	steal	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By the servant's repetition of the message word for word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 repetition	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servant	det
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repetition	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 servant	case
5	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 word	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	compound
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repetition	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 word	case
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		the message word for word						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Through the servant's repetition of the girl's message exactly as it was given, which led the master to suspect him at once

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 repetition	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servant	det
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repetition	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 servant	case
5	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 led	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 message	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 message	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 girl	case
10	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repetition	nmod
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	15 given	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 given	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 given	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 given	aux:pass
15	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 message	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 led	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 led	nsubj
18	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 master	det
20	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 led	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 suspect	mark
22	suspect	suspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 led	xcomp
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 suspect	obj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 once	case
25	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	22 suspect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive	the girl's message not said here	message		exactly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lead	past		the master	the servant's repetition of the girl's message		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent master=Patient clause=Result
3	suspect	to-infinitive	the master not said here	him = he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute
4	repeat		the girl's message				nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

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