Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

Which of the following best describes the Moon's situation at the end of the part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: situation, end

This is exam question 4 of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 situation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Moon	case
10	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 part	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 part	det
16	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the Moon's situation			at the end of the part	of the best	tree rules

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

Her hood has slipped and she is lost in the marsh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hood	nmod:poss
2	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	aux
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lost	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 slipped	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 marsh	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marsh	det
11	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	present · perfect	Her hood						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	lose	present · passive		she		the marsh			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

Her hood has fallen back, her hair lights the darkness, and the bogles flee from her

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hood	nmod:poss
2	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fallen	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	aux
4	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 fallen	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lights	punct
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hair	nmod:poss
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	nsubj
9	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 darkness	det
11	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 flee	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 flee	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bogles	det
15	bogles	bogle	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 flee	nsubj
16	flee	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	conj
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 flee	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall back	present · perfect	Her hood			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	light	present	her hair	the darkness		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darkness=Product
3	flee	present	the bogles		from hair	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from she=Initial_Location

Option 3

Her hood has fallen back and her yellow hair lights the whole dark marsh below her

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hood	nmod:poss
2	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fallen	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	aux
4	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 fallen	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lights	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hair	nmod:poss
8	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hair	amod
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lights	nsubj
10	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 marsh	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 marsh	amod
13	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 marsh	amod
14	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lights	obj
15	below	below	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lights	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall back	present · perfect	Her hood						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	light	present	her yellow hair	the whole dark marsh				below her = she	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marsh=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Her hood has fallen back and her hair lights the darkness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hood	nmod:poss
2	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fallen	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	aux
4	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 fallen	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lights	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hair	nmod:poss
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	nsubj
9	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fallen	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 darkness	det
11	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall back	present · perfect	Her hood						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	light	present	her hair	the darkness					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darkness=Product

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