Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the B…

Which statement accurately describes the Bad Man's conduct at the barbecue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Bad Man · What happens: describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, barbecue

This is exam question 3 of lesson 587 «Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Man	det
6	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Man	amod
7	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Man	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 barbecue	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 barbecue	det
12	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the Bad Man's conduct		the barbecue		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	conduct		the Bad Man			the barbecue			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 slid his coat under the table with the rest

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 slid	nsubj
2	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coat	nmod:poss
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 rest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	he	his coat		the table		with the rest	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent coat=Theme under table=Trajectory

Option 2

he tossed his bag onto the roof of the shed

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 tossed	nsubj
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bag	nmod:poss
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 roof	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 shed	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shed	det
10	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 roof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	he	his bag		the roof of the shed			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bag=Patient onto roof=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he placed his bag beneath the table among others

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bag	nmod:poss
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
8	among	among	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	he	his bag		the table		among others	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme beneath table=Destination

Option 4

he refused to place his bag anywhere and carried it all night long to the gate

The tree, 16 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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 place	mark
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	advcl
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bag	nmod:poss
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 refused	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl:unmarked
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 carried	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	he	his bag				anywhere property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	carry	past	he not said here	bag		the gate	night	long property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to gate=Destination

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