Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…

State the reason the three bears perceived that a stranger had entered their dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: perceive, enter · To what, where: State, stranger

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perceived	obl:unmarked
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perceived	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bears	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 bears	nummod
6	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 perceived	nsubj
7	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 entered	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entered	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 entered	aux
12	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 perceived	advcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dwelling	nmod:poss
14	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 entered	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 perceived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	past	the reason	State					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	enter	past · perfect · passive		a stranger					tree rules

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

they heard a noise in the wood and went to look

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 noise	det
4	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 went	cc
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 look	mark
11	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past	they	a noise	the wood	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus
2	go	past	they not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	look	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

their porridge had been eaten and the spoons disturbed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 porridge	nmod:poss
2	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 eaten	aux:pass
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disturbed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoons	det
8	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disturbed	nsubj:pass
9	disturbed	disturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 eaten	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect · passive		their porridge					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	disturb	participle · passive		the spoons					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

their porridge had been eaten and the spoons were lying all over the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 porridge	nmod:poss
2	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 eaten	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 eaten	aux:pass
5	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lying	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spoons	det
8	spoons	spoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lying	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lying	aux
10	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 eaten	conj
11	all	all	ADV	_	10 lying	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 floor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 floor	det
14	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect · passive		their porridge					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	lie	past · progressive	the spoons			the floor		all property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over floor=Location

Option 4

the door had been left open and the chairs moved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 moved	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chairs	det
9	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 moved	nsubj
10	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive		the door				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	move	past	the chairs						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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