Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded…
In what manner did Blacky conceal himself from the pursuing fox?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Blacky · What happens: conceal · To what, where: Blacky, manner
This is exam question 3 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conceal | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 conceal | aux |
| 5 | Blacky | Blacky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 conceal | nsubj |
| 6 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 conceal | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 fox | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fox | det |
| 10 | pursuing | pursuing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fox | compound |
| 11 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conceal | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 conceal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conceal | past · do-support | Blacky | Blacky | what manner | from the pursuing fox | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from fox=Beneficiary |
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
Crouched behind the big rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crouched | crouch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 rock | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rock | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rock | amod |
| 5 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Crouched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crouch | participle | the big rock | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind rock=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Entirely hidden within the kettle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 2 hidden | advmod |
| 2 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | within | within | ADP | _ | 5 kettle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kettle | det |
| 5 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | within the kettle; entirely property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
In the pot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 pot | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pot | det |
| 3 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Tucked under the old hay bales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tucked | tuck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 bales | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bales | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bales | amod |
| 5 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bales | compound |
| 6 | bales | bale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tucked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck | participle | the old hay bales | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent under bale=Trajectory |
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