Exam question 1 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason…

Which of the following describes the action by which Jason's sandal was lost during his crossing of the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Jason · What happens: follow, describe, lose, cross · To what, where: action, sandal, river

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 action	det
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lost	obl
10	Jason	Jason	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sandal	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Jason	case
12	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lost	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lost	aux:pass
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 action	acl:relcl
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 crossing	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 crossing	nmod:poss
17	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lost	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crossing	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	lose	past · passive	the action	Jason's sandal	during Jason's crossing of the river	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
4	cross		Jason	the river		nom crossing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 right answer

The sandal was caught in a crevice when his foot became fixed between two rocks

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sandal	det
2	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	aux:pass
4	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 crevice	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crevice	det
7	crevice	crevice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 became	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 foot	nmod:poss
10	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 became	nsubj
11	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 caught	advcl
12	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 caught	advcl
13	between	between	ADP	_	15 rocks	case
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 rocks	nummod
15	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		the sandal	a crevice		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	become	past	his foot				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	fix	participle				between two rocks	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The sandal was pulled off by the current

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sandal	det
2	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulled	aux:pass
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 pulled	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 current	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 current	det
8	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull off	past · passive	the current	the sandal					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Option 3

It fell off in the shallow water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 fell	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	It					in the shallow water	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in water=Attribute

Option 4

The strap snapped in the rushing water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strap	det
2	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	nsubj
3	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 snapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	past	the strap			the rushing water			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location
2	rush	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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