Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Which of the following correctly identifies the consequence to the giant's daughter of the bone left on the tree?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, leave · To what, where: consequence, bone, tree

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» 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	csubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 following	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 consequence	det
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 daughter	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 bone	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bone	det
16	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 daughter	nmod
17	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 bone	acl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 tree	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tree	det
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			correctly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the consequence		to the giant's daughter of the bone	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme to daughter=be'
3	leave	participle	the bone not said here	the tree		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location

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

She had one hand fewer and walked with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hand	nummod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fewer	obl:unmarked
5	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 stick	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stick	det
10	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	fewer					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Patient
2	walk	past	She not said here					with a stick	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She lost a hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hand	det
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	She	a hand					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was lame for life and had only nine fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lame	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lame	cop
3	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 life	case
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lame	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lame	conj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 nine	advmod
9	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 fingers	nummod
10	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					for life; lame property	tree rules
2	have	past	She not said here	nine fingers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She could no longer walk the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	aux
3	no	no	ADV	_	4 longer	advmod
4	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 walk	advmod
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	could	She	the hills				long property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory

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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