Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

Which phrase accurately identifies the fisher-girl's appellation and the reason given for it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: identify, give · To what, where: appellation, reason

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
6	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 fisher	punct
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appellation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 girl	case
10	appellation	appellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 reason	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 reason	det
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 appellation	conj
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 reason	acl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 given	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which phrase	the fisher girl's appellation and the reason				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent appellation=Theme
2	give	participle		the reason not said here				for phrase	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for it=Asset

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

Seagull, from her skin being as white as a gull's breast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 skin	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 skin	nmod:poss
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seagull	conj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 white	cop
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 white	advmod
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 breast	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gull	det
11	gull	gull	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breast	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 gull	case
13	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	Seagull and her skin					as a gull's breast; white property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Seagull, because she always sat on the harbour wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 sat	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sat	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 sat	advmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Seagull	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
9	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	compound
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	she			the harbour wall		always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location

Option 3

Swallow, because she flew in from the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 flew	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 flew	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 flew	nsubj
5	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 flew	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 coast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coast	det
9	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly in	past	Swallow			the coast			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from coast=Trajectory

Option 4

Seagull, from her skin being as pale as a gull's breast after a winter spent indoors by the nets

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pale	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 skin	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 skin	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 skin	nmod:poss
5	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Seagull	conj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 pale	cop
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 pale	advmod
8	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 breast	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gull	det
11	gull	gull	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breast	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 gull	case
13	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pale	obl
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 winter	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 winter	det
16	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breast	nmod
17	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 winter	acl
18	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	17 spent	advmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 nets	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 nets	det
21	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	Seagull and her skin					as a gull's breast after a winter; pale property	tree rules
2	spend	participle		a winter not said here				by the nets; indoors property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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