Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors…

What was the immediate cause of Eurylochus's expressed disquiet regarding the purple bird?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, express, regard · To what, where: immediate cause

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2063 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 22: hungry sailors follow the smell of roast meat up to the palace» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cause	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Eurylochus	case
7	Eurylochus	Eurylochus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Eurylochus	case
9	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cause	acl
10	disquiet	disquiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 expressed	xcomp
11	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 bird	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bird	det
13	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bird	amod
14	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 expressed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the immediate cause	of Eurylochus	tree rules
2	express	participle	the immediate cause not said here	regard the purple bird; disquiet property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

His belief that the bird was a spy for the island king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 belief	nmod:poss
2	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spy	nsubj
3	that	that	ADP	_	5 bird	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belief	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spy	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spy	det
8	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
11	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 king	compound
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His belief that the bird	a spy				for the island king	tree rules
2	believe		His = he					that the bird	nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl

Option 2

His firm conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them and wished to warn them away from the palace

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 conviction	nmod:poss
2	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conviction	amod
3	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knew	nsubj
4	that	that	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conviction	nmod
7	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 harm	case
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 harm	det
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knew	obl
11	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 harm	acl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 awaiting	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wished	cc
14	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 knew	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 warn	mark
16	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wished	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 warn	obj
18	away	away	ADV	_	16 warn	advmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 palace	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 palace	det
21	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	past	His firm conviction that the bird				of some harm	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of harm=Stimulus
2	await	gerund	some harm not said here	them = they				tree rules
3	wish	past	His firm conviction that the bird not said here					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	warn away speech: warn	to-infinitive	His firm conviction that the bird not said here		them = they	the palace	away property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
5	convict		His = he				that the bird	nom conviction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His conviction that the bird knew of some harm awaiting them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 conviction	nmod:poss
2	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knew	nsubj
3	that	that	ADP	_	5 bird	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conviction	nmod
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 harm	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 harm	det
9	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knew	obl
10	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 harm	acl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 awaiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	past	His conviction that the bird		of some harm	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of harm=Stimulus
2	await	gerund	some harm not said here	them = they		tree rules
3	convict		His = he		that the bird	nom conviction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent that=obl

Option 4

The bird's bright purple feathers and odd cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feathers	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bird	case
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feathers	amod
5	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feathers	amod
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cry	cc
8	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cry	amod
9	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feathers	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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