Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

Describe the means by which the narrator's toothache was eventually resolved.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the · What happens: describe, mean, resolve · To what, where: toothache · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 resolved	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 toothache	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 narrator	case
9	toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resolved	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 resolved	aux:pass
11	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	12 resolved	advmod
12	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	resolve	past · passive		the narrator's toothache	eventually property	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 · ✓ the right answer

Extraction of the tooth by a dentist using tongs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extraction	extraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 tooth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Extraction	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 dentist	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dentist	det
7	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tooth	nmod
8	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Extraction	acl
9	tongs	tong	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	Extraction of the tooth by a dentist not said here	tongs					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tong=Patient
2	extract			the tooth by a dentist					nom extraction «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Ointment dropped in the ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 ear	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ear	det
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Ointment			the ear			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in ear=Trajectory

Option 3

Extraction by a dentist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extraction	extraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 dentist	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dentist	det
4	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Extraction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extract		a dentist						nom extraction «process transitive»: by=agent

Option 4

Removal of the tooth using a rusty pair of pliers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 tooth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tooth	det
4	tooth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removal	nmod
5	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pair	det
7	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pair	amod
8	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 pliers	case
10	pliers	plier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pair	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund	Removal of the tooth	a rusty pair of pliers					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Patient
2	remove			the tooth					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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