Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Binnorie: the cruel sister drowns the…

Which tale follows the conclusion of the Binnorie narrative within this portion of the book?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale · What happens: follow, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, Binnorie narrative

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 tale	det
2	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conclusion	det
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 narrative	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
8	Binnorie	Binnorie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 narrative	compound
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conclusion	nmod
10	within	within	ADP	_	12 portion	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 portion	det
12	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 book	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 book	det
15	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 portion	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 follows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	which tale	the conclusion of the Binnorie narrative				within this portion of the book	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme
2	conclude			the Binnorie narrative					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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

Mouse and Mouser, a rhyming tale of a cat and a mouse who go to market together for a pudding

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Mouser	cc
3	Mouser	mouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tale	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tale	det
6	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 tale	amod
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mouse	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mouse	det
13	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cat	conj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 go	nsubj
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mouse	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 market	case
17	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
18	together	together	ADV	_	15 go	advmod
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 pudding	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 pudding	det
21	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	rhyme	gerund				vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	go	present	a mouse	market	for a pudding; together property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial_Location
3	tell		a cat and a mouse			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Mouse and Mouser, a rhyming tale of a cat and a mouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Mouser	cc
3	Mouser	mouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tale	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tale	det
6	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 tale	amod
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mouse	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mouse	det
13	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rhyme	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	tell		a cat						nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Mouse and Mouser

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Mouser	cc
3	Mouser	mouser	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mouse	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Golden Harp, a sad song of a sister and a river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Harp	det
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Harp	amod
3	Harp	Harp	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 song	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 song	det
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Harp	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 sister	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sister	det
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 song	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 river	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sister	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing		a sister and a river						nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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