Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

Which action of the Princess directly caused the sheep to damage the fields?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, sheep, Princess · What happens: cause, damage, act · To what, where: sheep, fields

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Princess	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 caused	advmod
7	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 caused	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 damage	mark
11	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 caused	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fields	det
13	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 damage	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which action of the Princess	the sheep	directly property	tree rules
2	damage	to-infinitive	the sheep not said here	the fields		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient
3	act		the Princess			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She fell asleep on the bank, leaving the flock unattended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	on	on	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaving	punct
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fell	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flock	det
10	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obj
11	unattended	unattended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leaving	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She			the bank		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bank=Location
2	leave	gerund	She not said here	the flock				unattended property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme

Option 2

She went to the market and forgot the sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 market	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 market	det
5	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forgot	cc
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sheep	det
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forgot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She			the market			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial_Location
2	forget	past	She not said here	the sheep					tree rules

Option 3

She fell asleep on the shady bank with the hemp under her head, leaving the whole flock wandering unattended into the fields

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	on	on	ADP	_	7 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
6	shady	shady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bank	amod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hemp	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hemp	det
10	hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 leaving	punct
15	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fell	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 flock	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 flock	amod
18	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 leaving	obj
19	wandering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 flock	acl
20	unattended	unattend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 wandering	xcomp
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 fields	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 fields	det
23	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 unattended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past	She		the shady bank	with the hemp; under her head; asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bank=Location
2	leave	gerund	She not said here	the whole flock			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme
3	wonder speech: ask	gerund	the whole flock not said here				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	unattend	participle	the whole flock not said here		the fields		tree rules

Option 4

She threw her distaff into the river and let the flock wander into the crop fields while she stayed on the bank

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 distaff	nmod:poss
4	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 let	cc
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 threw	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flock	det
11	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj
12	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 flock	acl:relcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 fields	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fields	det
15	crop	crop	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fields	compound
16	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	obl
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 stayed	mark
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 stayed	nsubj
19	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	advcl
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 bank	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bank	det
22	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	her distaff		into the river result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer distaff=Theme into river=Result
2	let	infinitive	She not said here	the flock	the crop fields		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Theme
3	wander	present	the flock not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	past	she		the bank		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location

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