Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

What was the principal consequence of the spaniels' sudden attack upon the enemy squadron?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spaniels · What happens: be, attack · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 attack	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spaniels	det
8	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attack	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 spaniels	case
10	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 attack	amod
11	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 squadron	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 squadron	det
14	enemy	enemy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 squadron	amod
15	squadron	squadron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attack	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the spaniels's sudden attack upon the enemy squadron	tree rules
2	attack		the spaniels					upon the enemy squadron	nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 enemy general was quickly killed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 general	det
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 general	amod
3	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 killed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 killed	aux:pass
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 killed	advmod
6	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past · passive		the enemy general				quickly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The enemy line broke in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 line	det
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 line	compound
3	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	nsubj
4	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 morning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the enemy line				morning		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 squadron	det
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squadron	amod
3	squadron	squadron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 confusion	case
7	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		the enemy squadron				into confusion result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into confusion=Result

Option 4

The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion and fled the field in disorder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 squadron	det
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squadron	amod
3	squadron	squadron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 confusion	case
7	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fled	cc
9	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fled	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 disorder	case
13	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		the enemy squadron				into confusion result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into confusion=Result
2	flee	past		the field		disorder			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Initial_Location

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