Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the fox gains entry to Browny's dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fox · What happens: follow, describe, gain · To what, where: manner, entry

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 gains	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gains	nsubj
13	gains	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	parataxis
14	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gains	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 dwelling	case
16	Browny	Browny	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 dwelling	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Browny	case
18	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gains	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner	of the best	tree rules
3	gain	present	the fox	entry	to Browny's dwelling result; in the manner	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent in which=Attribute to dwelling=Result

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 right answer

He excavates a aperture through the mud walls of the dwelling

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 excavates	nsubj
2	excavates	excavate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 aperture	det
4	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excavates	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 walls	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	compound
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 excavates	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 dwelling	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwelling	det
11	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	excavate	present	He	a aperture		the mud walls of the dwelling			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent aperture=Location

Option 2

He excavates a large aperture through the mud walls of the dwelling after waiting all night

The tree, 16 words

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 excavates	nsubj
2	excavates	excavate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 aperture	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 aperture	amod
5	aperture	aperture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 excavates	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walls	det
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walls	compound
9	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 excavates	obl
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 dwelling	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dwelling	det
12	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 walls	acl
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 waiting	mark
14	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 dwelling	advcl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 waiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	excavate	present	He	a large aperture	the mud walls		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent aperture=Location
2	dwell	gerund	the mud walls not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait	gerund	the mud walls not said here			night	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He forces a gap through the soft walls of the house

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 forces	nsubj
2	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gap	det
4	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forces	appos
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 walls	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 walls	amod
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gap	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He creates an opening by gnawing the thatch of the dwelling

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 creates	nsubj
2	creates	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 opening	det
4	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 creates	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 gnawing	mark
6	gnawing	gnaw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 creates	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thatch	det
8	thatch	thatch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gnawing	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 dwelling	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwelling	det
11	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thatch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	create	present	He	a opening					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Result
2	gnaw	gerund	He not said here	the thatch of the dwelling					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thatch=Patient

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