Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

Which of the following describes the answer Jack gave when asked where the crooked stick came from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, crooked stick · What happens: follow, describe, give, ask, come · To what, where: answer

This is exam question 1 of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	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 answer	det
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 answer	acl:relcl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asked	advmod
11	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 gave	advcl
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 came	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stick	det
14	crooked	crooked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stick	amod
15	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 asked	advcl
17	from	from	ADP	_	16 came	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the answer	tree rules
3	give	past	Jack	the answer not said here	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	participle	Jack not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	come	past	the crooked stick		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

From a hazel tree, which grew beside the road where he had walked the whole day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 walked	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 walked	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 walked	aux
14	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 road	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 walked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past				a hazel tree		beside the road	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside road=Location
2	walk	past · perfect	he				day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

From a nut, which he had found on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 nut	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 nut	det
3	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 found	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 found	nsubj:pass
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 found	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 found	aux
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 nut	acl:relcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · perfect · passive		a nut		the road			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

From a stone, which he had picked up at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 stone	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 picked	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 picked	nsubj:pass
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 picked	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	aux
8	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stone	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 picked	compound:prt
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past · perfect · passive		a stone			dawn		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

From an oak, which he had chopped down himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 oak	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 oak	det
3	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chopped	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 chopped	nsubj:pass
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chopped	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chopped	aux
8	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 oak	acl:relcl
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 chopped	compound:prt
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 chopped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop down	past · perfect · passive		a oak				himself = he obl	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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