Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

In what manner did John's failure to present himself at the appointed hour occur, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: John · What happens: do, present, appoint, accord, fail · To what, where: failure, manner, John, appointed hour occur

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» 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	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 failure	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 John	case
7	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 present	mark
9	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 failure	acl
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 present	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	15 occur	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 occur	det
13	appointed	appoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 occur	amod
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 occur	compound
15	occur	occur	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 narrative	punct
17	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 narrative	case
18	to	to	ADP	_	17 according	fixed
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrative	det
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 failure	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		John's failure and the narrative	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Eventuality
2	present	to-infinitive		John	the appointed hour occur	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
3	appoint	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	fail		John			nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

He fell asleep in the branches of a lime-tree

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 branches	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branches	det
6	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
9	lime	lime	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 lime	punct
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branches	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	He			the branches of a lime tree		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in branch=Location

Option 2

He dozed off on a bench in the square

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 dozed	nsubj
2	dozed	doze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 dozed	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 bench	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bench	det
6	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dozed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 square	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 square	det
9	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dozed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doze off	past	He			a bench		in the square	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

He drifted off to sleep in the branches of a tall lime-tree after riding all night long

The tree, 18 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 drifted	nsubj
2	drifted	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 drifted	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sleep	mark
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 drifted	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 branches	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 branches	det
8	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sleep	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
11	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tree	amod
12	lime	lime	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 lime	punct
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 branches	nmod
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 riding	mark
16	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drifted	advcl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 riding	obj
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 riding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift off	past	He				vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	sleep	to-infinitive	He not said here	the branches of a tall lime tree			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location
3	ride	gerund	He not said here		night	long property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was waylaid by the sound of a bell

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 waylaid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waylaid	aux:pass
3	waylaid	waylay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sound	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waylaid	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bell	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bell	det
9	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waylay	past · passive	the sound of a bell	He					tree rules

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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