Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tr…

Which of the following accurately identifies the instruction the Warlock gave concerning the consumption of food and drink in Elfland?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction · What happens: follow, identify, give, concern, consume · To what, where: consumption, food

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 instruction	det
8	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Warlock	det
10	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 gave	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consumption	det
14	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 food	case
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consumption	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 drink	cc
18	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 food	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 Elfland	case
20	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 drink	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	give	past	the instruction			tree rules
4	concern	gerund	the instruction not said here	the consumption of food and drink in Elfland		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus consumption=Experiencer
5	consume			food and drink in Elfland		nom consumption «act 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

Bite no bit and drink no drop of water, wine, or milk ever

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bite	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drink	cc
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bite	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 drop	det
7	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wine	punct
11	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drop	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 milk	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 milk	cc
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bite	parataxis
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Bite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	imperative	you not said here	no bit			ever		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
2	drink	present	you not said here	no drop of water and wine					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient

Option 2

Never sleep in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 sleep	advmod
2	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hall	det
5	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	imperative	you not said here			the hall			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location

Option 3

Speak to no one at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 one	case
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speak	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here		no one	all			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bite no bit, drink no drop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bite	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 drink	punct
5	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bite	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 drop	det
7	drop	drop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	imperative	you not said here	no bit					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
2	drink	infinitive	you not said here	no drop					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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