Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

What did the gentleman conclude about the reflection of the moon in the pond?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gentleman · What happens: do, conclude

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gentleman	det
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conclude	nsubj
5	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 reflection	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reflection	det
8	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conclude	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moon	det
11	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reflection	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 pond	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pond	det
14	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 moon	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	conclude	present	the gentleman					about the reflection of the moon in the pond	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

It was the sun's reflection too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reflection	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reflection	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sun	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reflection	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 sun	case
6	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	too	too	ADV	_	6 reflection	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the sun's reflection					tree rules

Option 2

It was only the shadow of a cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shadow	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shadow	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 shadow	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shadow	det
5	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cloud	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cloud	det
8	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shadow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the shadow				of a cloud	tree rules

Option 3

It was a lamp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lamp	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lamp	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lamp	det
4	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a lamp					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was only its shadow in the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shadow	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shadow	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 shadow	advmod
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 shadow	nmod:poss
5	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shadow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	its shadow		the water			tree rules

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