Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a…

Which of the following correctly identifies the outcome of the fool's visit to the inn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fool · What happens: follow, identify, visit · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 visit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fool	det
11	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 fool	case
13	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 inn	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 inn	det
16	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the outcome of the fool's visit to the inn	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	visit		the fool		to the inn	nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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

He is thrown out after arguing with the landlord about his coat

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 thrown	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 thrown	compound:prt
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 arguing	mark
6	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thrown	advcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 landlord	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 landlord	det
9	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arguing	obl
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 coat	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 coat	nmod:poss
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 landlord	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	present · passive		He					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund						with the landlord about his coat	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with landlord=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is expelled for failing to settle his account

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 expelled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expelled	aux:pass
3	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 failing	mark
5	failing	fail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 expelled	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 settle	mark
7	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 failing	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 account	nmod:poss
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 settle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	expel	present · passive		He	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fail	gerund			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not settle	to-infinitive		his account	vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme account=Location
4	account		his = he		nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He gets a warm bed for the night

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bed	det
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bed	amod
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	a warm bed			night		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bed=Stimulus

Option 4

He is locked in the cellar until his mother comes to pay the bill

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 locked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	aux:pass
3	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 comes	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pay	mark
12	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 comes	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bill	det
14	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lock	present · passive		He	the cellar	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	come	present	his mother			tree rules
3	pay	to-infinitive	his mother not said here	the bill		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset

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