Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

Which of the following accurately describes the sequence in which Jenik rescued the three creatures?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jenik · What happens: follow, describe, rescue · To what, where: sequence, three creatures

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rescued	obl
11	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 rescued	nsubj
12	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 creatures	det
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 creatures	nummod
15	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rescued	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
3	rescue	past	Jenik	the three creatures	the sequence		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Theme

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

A dog, then a cat, then a serpent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cat	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 cat	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serpent	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 serpent	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 serpent	det
10	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A serpent, then a dog, then a cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 serpent	det
2	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dog	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 dog	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serpent	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cat	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 cat	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serpent	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

First a cat, then a dog, and finally a serpent that the brothers had chased into the mountains

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 cat	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cat	det
3	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dog	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 dog	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cat	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 serpent	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 serpent	cc
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	12 serpent	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 serpent	det
12	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cat	conj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 chased	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brothers	det
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 chased	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 chased	aux
17	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 serpent	acl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 mountains	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mountains	det
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · perfect · passive	a serpent not said here	the brothers		the mountains			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme into mountain=Trajectory

Option 4

A dog, then a cat, then a serpent, then a crow that had been caught in a trap by the roadside

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cat	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 cat	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serpent	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 serpent	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 serpent	det
10	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 crow	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 crow	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 crow	det
14	crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 caught	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 caught	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 caught	aux:pass
18	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 crow	acl:relcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 trap	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 trap	det
21	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 caught	obl
22	by	by	ADP	_	24 roadside	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 roadside	det
24	roadside	roadside	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · perfect · passive	the roadside	a crow		a trap			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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