Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

Which statement describes the fate of the herdboy following the events at court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, fate · What happens: describe, follow, fate · To what, where: fate, events, court, herdboy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	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 fate	det
5	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 herdboy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 herdboy	det
8	herdboy	herdboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fate	nmod
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fate	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 events	det
11	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 following	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 court	case
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 events	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the fate of the herdboy		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
2	follow	gerund	the fate of the herdboy not said here	the events	court	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent event=Theme at court=Trajectory
3	fate			the herdboy		nom fate «event transitive»: 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

He is never seen again and his fate is unknown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seen	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 seen	advmod
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 seen	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unknown	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fate	nmod:poss
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 unknown	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unknown	cop
10	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not see	present · passive		He	again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	is	present	his fate			unknown property	tree rules
3	fate		his = he				nom fate «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He returns to his village and marries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returns	nsubj
2	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 village	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 village	nmod:poss
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returns	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 marries	cc
7	marries	marri	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 village	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	He					to his village and marries result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result

Option 3

He is king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 king	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 king	cop
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	king					tree rules

Option 4

He stays at court as a royal steward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 court	case
4	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	obl
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 steward	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 steward	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steward	amod
8	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	He			court		as a royal steward	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location

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