Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Which of the following best states the purpose of the apple shares placed about the house?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best, purpose, apple · What happens: follow, state, share, place, purpose

This is exam question 4 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 states	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 states	nsubj
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shares	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 apple	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 apple	det
11	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purpose	nmod
12	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 states	parataxis
13	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 shares	xcomp
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 placed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic
3	share	present	the purpose of the apple		tree rules
4	place	participle	the purpose of the apple not said here	about the house	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent about house=Destination
5	purpose		the apple		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To show the way back to Tethertown for the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 show	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Tethertown	case
7	Tethertown	Tethertown	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 back	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		the way				for the king	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To warn the king's son that the giant was coming up the road, and to get the greyhound to bite the giant at the gate

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 coming	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coming	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 coming	aux
11	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 warn	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 coming	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coming	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bite	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 bite	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 get	mark
18	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 bite	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 greyhound	det
20	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 get	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 bite	mark
22	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 warn	conj
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 giant	det
24	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 bite	obj
25	at	at	ADP	_	27 gate	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 gate	det
27	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 bite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive			the king's son		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient
2	come up	past · progressive	the giant	the road			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme
3	get	to-infinitive		the greyhound			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer greyhound=Stimulus
4	bite	to-infinitive		the giant		the gate	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent giant=Patient at gate=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To answer the giant's calls and delay his pursuit of the fugitives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 answer	mark
2	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calls	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 answer	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 delay	cc
8	delay	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 answer	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pursuit	nmod:poss
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 delay	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 fugitives	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fugitives	det
13	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pursuit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive		the giant's calls	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality
2	delay	present		giant's pursuit of the fugitives	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent pursuit=Source
3	call		the giant		nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	pursue		giant	the fugitives	nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

To answer the giant's calls from inside the house, so that he believed she was still at home and thus delayed his chase after the fugitives

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 answer	mark
2	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 believed	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calls	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 answer	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 house	case
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answer	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 believed	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 believed	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 believed	nsubj
15	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 home	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 home	cop
18	still	still	ADV	_	20 home	advmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 home	case
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 believed	ccomp
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 delayed	cc
22	thus	thus	ADV	_	23 delayed	advmod
23	delayed	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 believed	conj
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 chase	nmod:poss
25	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 delayed	obj
26	after	after	ADP	_	28 fugitives	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 fugitives	det
28	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 delayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	giant not said here	the giant's calls	the house			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality
2	believe	past	giant					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	she		home	still		tree rules
4	delay	past	giant not said here	giant's chase		after the fugitives	thus property	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent chase=Source
5	call		the giant					nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	chase		giant					nom chase «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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