Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tes…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the narrative of the harvest rhyme?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2020 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tests her twins with a hen's eggshell and gets her real children back» 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	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 narrative	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrative	det
10	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 rhyme	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rhyme	det
13	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rhyme	compound
14	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 narrative	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the following statements; with the narrative of the harvest rhyme; consistent property	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

The rhyme mocks the reapers for believing that an eggshell could brew a dinner, and so the goblins fled the cottage in shame

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rhyme	det
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mocks	nsubj
3	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reapers	det
5	reapers	reaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mocks	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 believing	mark
7	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 mocks	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 brew	mark
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 eggshell	det
10	eggshell	eggshell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brew	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 brew	aux
12	brew	brew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 believing	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dinner	det
14	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brew	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fled	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fled	cc
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 fled	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 goblins	det
19	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fled	nsubj
20	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mocks	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 cottage	det
22	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fled	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 shame	case
24	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mock	present	the rhyme	the reapers		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reaper=Theme
2	believe	gerund	the rhyme not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	brew	could	a eggshell	a dinner		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Product
4	flee	past	the goblins	the cottage	shame	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cottage=Initial_Location

Option 2

The rhyme contrasts natural growth with an impossible brewing of dinner, and the twins recite it to prove they are goblins to their mother

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rhyme	det
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	nsubj
3	contrasts	contrast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 growth	amod
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 brewing	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 brewing	det
8	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brewing	amod
9	brewing	brewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brewing	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 recite	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 recite	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 twins	det
15	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 recite	nsubj
16	recite	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 contrasts	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 recite	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 prove	mark
19	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 recite	advcl
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 goblins	nsubj
21	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 goblins	cop
22	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 prove	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 mother	case
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 mother	nmod:poss
25	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 prove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	contrast	present	the rhyme	natural growth	with a impossible brewing of dinner	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent growth=Patient with brewing=Co-Patient
2	recite	present	the twins	growth		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	prove	to-infinitive	the twins not said here		to twins's mother	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to mother=Experiencer
4	is a	present	twins = twin	goblins		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The rhyme contrasts natural growth with an impossible brewing of dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rhyme	det
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	nsubj
3	contrasts	contrast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 growth	amod
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 brewing	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 brewing	det
8	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brewing	amod
9	brewing	brewing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contrasts	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brewing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contrast	present	the rhyme	natural growth				with a impossible brewing of dinner	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent growth=Patient with brewing=Co-Patient

Option 4

The rhyme describes the goblins' feast and the reapers' oats in detail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rhyme	det
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	nsubj
3	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goblins	det
5	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feast	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 goblins	case
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 oats	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reapers	det
10	reapers	reaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 oats	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 reapers	case
12	oats	oat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 describes	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 detail	case
14	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 oats	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	the rhyme	the goblins's feast					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

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