Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer…

What was the immediate consequence of the Crawfishes' burrowing, as described in the tale of the flood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Crawfishes, flood · What happens: be, burrow, describe, tell · To what, where: immediate consequence, tale · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 burrowing	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Crawfishes	det
8	Crawfishes	crawfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 burrowing	nsubj
9	'	's	PART	_	8 Crawfishes	case
10	burrowing	burrow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 consequence	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 described	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 described	mark
13	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 tale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tale	det
16	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 flood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 flood	det
19	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tale	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate consequence		tree rules
2	burrow	gerund	the Crawfishes	the immediate consequence not said here		tree rules
3	describe	participle		the immediate consequence not said here	the tale of the flood	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	tell		the flood			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

The waters rose and drowned the creatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waters	det
2	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drowned	cc
5	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rose	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 creatures	det
7	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drowned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	the waters						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drown	past	the waters not said here	the creatures					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient

Option 2

The waters dried up and the animals were saved from the flood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waters	det
2	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dried	nsubj
3	dried	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 dried	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 saved	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 saved	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 saved	aux:pass
9	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dried	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 flood	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flood	det
12	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry up	past	the waters						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	save	past · passive		the animals		the flood			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from flood=Source

Option 3

The waters rose higher and higher and drowned all the creatures on the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waters	det
2	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 rose	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 higher	cc
6	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 higher	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drowned	cc
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rose	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 creatures	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 creatures	det
11	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drowned	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 land	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 land	det
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	the waters					high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drown	past	the waters not said here	all creatures		the land			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Patient

Option 4

The land was flooded fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flooded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flooded	aux:pass
4	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 flooded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flood	past · passive		the land				fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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