Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket…

Identify the event which causes the Goose to rush into the water, and state the circumstance which prevents the boys from perceiving the explosion.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, event, circumstance · What happens: identify, cause, rush, state, prevent, perceive · To what, where: event, Goose, water, circumstance, boys, explosion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 causes	nsubj
5	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 event	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Goose	det
7	Goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 causes	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rush	mark
9	rush	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 causes	advcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rush	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 state	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 state	cc
15	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 circumstance	det
17	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 state	obj
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 prevents	nsubj
19	prevents	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 circumstance	acl:relcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 boys	det
21	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 prevents	obj
22	from	from	SCONJ	_	23 perceiving	mark
23	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 prevents	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 explosion	det
25	explosion	explosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 perceiving	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the event		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	cause	present	the event	the Goose		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition goose=Patient
3	rush	to-infinitive	the event not said here		into the water result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result
4	state speech: other	infinitive		the circumstance		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic
5	prevent	present	the circumstance	the boys		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer boy=Theme
6	perceive	gerund	the circumstance not said here	the explosion		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer explosion=Stimulus

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

The falling stick; the boys being asleep beside the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stick	det
2	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stick	amod
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asleep	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 stick	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asleep	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 asleep	cop
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	beside	beside	ADP	_	11 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund	the falling stick			the fire		asleep property	tree rules

Option 2

A stick falls; they were napping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 napping	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 napping	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 napping	aux
7	napping	nap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 falls	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	a stick						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	nap	past · progressive	they						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The falling stick; the boys being asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stick	det
2	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stick	amod
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 stick	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asleep	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 asleep	cop
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stick	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund	the boys	the falling stick not said here				asleep property	tree rules

Option 4

The falling stick; the boys sleeping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stick	det
2	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stick	amod
3	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 stick	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sleeping	nsubj
7	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stick	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sleep	gerund	the boys	the falling stick not said here					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

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