Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…

Which of the following is the fox's ultimate fate, as recounted in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, recount · To what, where: ultimate fate, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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	10 fate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	10 fate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 fate	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fate	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 fox	case
9	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fate	amod
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 recounted	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 recounted	mark
13	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fate	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recounted	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the fox's ultimate fate	tree rules
3	recount speech: other	participle	the fox's ultimate fate not said here	the passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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

He was caught by the farmer

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	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 farmer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl

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

Option 2

He was trapped in a cellar and never seen again

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	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	aux:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seen	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 seen	advmod
9	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 trapped	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	past · passive		He		a cellar			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cellar=Destination
2	not see	participle					again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was scalded to death in the kettle

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	3 scalded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scalded	aux:pass
3	scalded	scald	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 death	case
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scalded	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 kettle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kettle	det
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scalded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scald	past · passive		He				to death result; in the kettle	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: subject=Patient to death=Result in kettle=Instrument

Option 4

He fled back into the woods

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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 fled	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 woods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woods	det
6	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee back	past	He			the woods			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location

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