Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the…

What was the consequence of the harp's final utterance within the castle hall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, utter · To what, where: consequence, harp

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1949 «English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the youngest princess and the harp tells the truth» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 utterance	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 harp	det
7	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 utterance	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 harp	case
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 utterance	amod
10	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hall	compound
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the harp's final utterance; within the castle hall	tree rules
2	utter			the harp					nom utterance «communication transitive»: poss=patient

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 harp shattered and the music stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 harp	det
2	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stopped	nsubj
3	shattered	shatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 harp	acl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 music	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 music	det
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shattered	conj
7	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	participle		the harp not said here					vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	stop	past	the harp						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

The instrument snapped and ceased to sound, and everyone in the hall fell silent

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ceased	cc
5	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snapped	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sound	mark
7	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ceased	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fell	cc
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 fell	nsubj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 everyone	nmod
14	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snapped	conj
15	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	snap	past	the instrument		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cease	past	the instrument not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	sound	to-infinitive	the instrument not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	fall	past	everyone	silent property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The instrument snapped and ceased to sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ceased	cc
5	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 snapped	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sound	mark
7	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ceased	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	snap	past	the instrument	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cease	past	the instrument not said here	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	sound	to-infinitive	the instrument not said here	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

The lute cracked and fell silent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lute	det
2	lute	lute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cracked	nsubj
3	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fell	cc
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cracked	conj
6	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack	past	the lute						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	past	the lute not said here					silent property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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