Exam question 2 · Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the…

What action did Ralph the Rover take in relation to the buoy and its bell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Ralph · What happens: do, take in · To what, where: relation, buoy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 357 «Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the abbot's buoy bell and his own ship is wrecked on the rock» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Ralph	Ralph	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rover	det
6	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Ralph	appos
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 take	compound:prt
9	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 buoy	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 buoy	det
12	buoy	buoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bell	cc
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 bell	nmod:poss
15	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 buoy	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	action						tree rules
2	take in	present	Ralph	relation		the buoy and action's bell			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent relation=Theme to buoy=Destination

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 cut the chain and fastenings of the bell and then threw the whole buoy into the sea.

The tree, 18 words

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fastenings	cc
6	fastenings	fastening	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chain	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bell	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bell	det
9	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fastenings	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 threw	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 threw	advmod
12	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 buoy	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 buoy	amod
15	buoy	buoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 threw	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 threw	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	the chain and fastenings of the bell					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Product
2	throw	past	He not said here	the whole buoy			then	into the sea result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer buoy=Theme into sea=Result

Option 2

He stole the bell and sailed away with the buoy.

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sailed	cc
6	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 sailed	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 buoy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 buoy	det
10	buoy	buoy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sailed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the bell					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme
2	sail away	past	He not said here					with the buoy; away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He cut the bell free and rang it on his ship.

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bell	det
4	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cut	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rang	cc
7	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rang	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 ship	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ship	nmod:poss
11	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rang	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	the bell				free property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Product
2	ring	past	He not said here	bell		his ship			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He broke the chain and cut the fastenings of the bell.

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chain	det
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cut	cc
6	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 broke	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fastenings	det
8	fastenings	fastening	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cut	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bell	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bell	det
11	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fastenings	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	He	the chain					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chain=Patient
2	cut	infinitive	He not said here	the fastenings of the bell					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fastening=Product

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