Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…
Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second departure.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sound, Jack · What happens: describe, awaken, depart · To what, where: sound, ogre
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 awakens | nsubj |
| 5 | awakens | awaken | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sound | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ogre | det |
| 7 | ogre | ogre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 awakens | obj |
| 8 | during | during | ADP | _ | 12 departure | case |
| 9 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 departure | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Jack | case |
| 11 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 departure | amod |
| 12 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 awakens | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the sound | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sound=Theme | ||||
| 2 | awaken | present | the sound | the ogre | during Jack's second departure | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ogre=Theme | |||
| 3 | depart | Jack | nom departure «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
The thump of footsteps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thump | det |
| 2 | thump | thump | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 footsteps | case |
| 4 | footsteps | footstep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 thump | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thump | footsteps | nom thump «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The cackle of the hen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cackle | det |
| 2 | cackle | cackle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 hen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hen | det |
| 5 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cackle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cackle | the hen | nom cackle «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 3
The sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack was running off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 squawk | det |
| 2 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 squawk | amod |
| 3 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 squawk | amod |
| 4 | squawk | squawk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 running | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hen | det |
| 7 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 squawk | nmod |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 Jack | case |
| 9 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hen | nmod |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 running | aux |
| 11 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 running | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past · progressive | the sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | squawk | the hen as Jack | nom squawk «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
The sound of a crash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 crash | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 crash | det |
| 5 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sound | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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