Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

Identify the location at which Hok Lee awaited the dwarfs upon his return to the forest.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Hok · What happens: identify, await, return · To what, where: location, dwarfs

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 awaited	obl
6	Hok	Hok	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 awaited	nsubj
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hok	flat
8	awaited	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwarfs	det
10	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 awaited	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 return	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 return	nmod:poss
13	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 awaited	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 awaited	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the location		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme
2	await	past	Hok	the dwarfs	upon Hok's return; to the forest	tree rules
3	return		Hok			nom return «communication 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

Beneath the tree from which he had previously fallen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	3 tree	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fallen	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fallen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fallen	aux
8	previously	previously	ADV	_	9 fallen	advmod
9	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 tree	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	he			the tree		previously property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location

Option 2

Beneath the tree from which he had previously fallen while climbing for fruit in the forest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	3 tree	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fallen	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fallen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fallen	aux
8	previously	previously	ADV	_	9 fallen	advmod
9	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 tree	acl:relcl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 climbing	mark
11	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 fallen	advcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 fruit	case
13	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climbing	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	he			the tree		previously property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from which=Initial_Location
2	climb	gerund	he not said here			the forest		for fruit	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Trajectory

Option 3

Below the branch from which he had earlier dropped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Below	below	ADP	_	3 branch	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 branch	det
3	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	obl
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 had	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dropped	aux
8	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 dropped	advmod
9	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past · perfect				the branch		early property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme below branch=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Beneath the tall tree from which he had previously and painfully fallen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fallen	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 had	obl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fallen	aux
9	previously	previously	ADV	_	8 had	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 painfully	cc
11	painfully	painfully	ADV	_	9 previously	conj
12	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect				the tall tree			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location

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