Exam question 1 · More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms t…

Which of the following best describes the principal event of the tale in which the stranger removes the rats from the town of Franchville?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stranger · What happens: follow, describe, remove · To what, where: principal event, rats, tale

This is exam question 1 of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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 describes	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 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 event	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 event	amod
9	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tale	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tale	det
12	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 event	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 removes	obl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stranger	det
16	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 removes	nsubj
17	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tale	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 rats	det
19	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 removes	obj
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 town	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 town	det
22	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rats	nmod
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Franchville	case
24	Franchville	Franchville	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 town	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the principal event of the tale		of the best	tree rules
3	remove	present	the stranger	the rats	the tale	from the town of Franchville	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rat=Theme from town=Source

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 Piper's music draws the rats out of the town and into the harbour, where all of them drown

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Piper	det
2	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 music	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Piper	case
4	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draws	nsubj
5	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rats	det
7	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 draws	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 town	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draws	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 harbour	cc
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 harbour	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 harbour	det
15	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 town	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 drown	punct
17	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 drown	advmod
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 drown	nsubj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 all	nmod
21	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 harbour	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present	the Piper's music	the rats		the town and the harbour			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent rat=Theme out town=Initial_Location
2	drown	present	all						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Mayor pays the rats to leave town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mayor	det
2	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pays	nsubj
3	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rats	det
5	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pays	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 leave	mark
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pays	advcl
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	the Mayor	the rats					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Asset
2	leave	to-infinitive	the Mayor not said here	town					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The stranger leads the rats into the harbour, where they drown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leads	nsubj
3	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rats	det
5	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leads	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 harbour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 harbour	det
8	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leads	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drown	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 drown	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drown	nsubj
12	drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 harbour	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	the stranger	the rats		the harbour			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rat=Theme into harbour=Destination
2	drown	present	rats = rat						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The stranger calls the rats to the harbour and then the cats chase them off the quay into the mud

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	nsubj
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rats	det
5	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calls	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 harbour	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 harbour	det
8	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chase	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 chase	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cats	det
12	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 chase	nsubj
13	chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calls	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chase	obj
15	off	off	ADP	_	17 quay	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 quay	det
17	quay	quay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chase	obl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 mud	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mud	det
20	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	the stranger	the rats	the harbour				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Topic to harbour=Recipient
2	chase	present	the cats	rats = rat		the mud	then	off the quay	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme off quay=Trajectory

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