Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…
Which of the following best describes the conclusion of the fairy tale that precedes the pigs' story in this part?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairy tale · What happens: follow, describe, precede, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, story, part, fairy tale
This is exam question 4 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 conclusion | det |
| 8 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tale | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tale | det |
| 11 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 tale | amod |
| 12 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 conclusion | nmod |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 precedes | nsubj |
| 14 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 tale | acl:relcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 pigs | det |
| 16 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 story | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 16 pigs | case |
| 18 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 precedes | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 part | case |
| 20 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 part | det |
| 21 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 precedes | obl |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the conclusion of the fairy tale | of the best | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | precede | present | the fairy tale | the pigs's story | this part | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Co-Theme | |||
| 4 | conclude | the fairy tale | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
They are happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happy | cop |
| 3 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | happy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The married couple live contentedly, the monarchs having abdicated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 couple | det |
| 2 | married | married | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 couple | amod |
| 3 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | contentedly | contentedly | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 monarchs | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 monarchs | det |
| 8 | monarchs | monarch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | obl |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 monarchs | acl |
| 10 | abdicated | abdicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 having | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the married couple | the monarchs | contentedly property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | have | gerund | the monarchs not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | abdicate | participle | the monarchs not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They live well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 live | nsubj |
| 2 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | They | well property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The couple reign over the land, the king having been crowned again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reign | det |
| 2 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reign | compound |
| 3 | reign | reign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 land | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 land | det |
| 6 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reign | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 king | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reign | appos |
| 10 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 king | acl |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 crowned | aux:pass |
| 12 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 having | xcomp |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 having | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | the king not said here | again | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | crown | participle · passive | the king not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
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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