Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

Identify the remedy the narrator proposed for the stranger's ears.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, propose · To what, where: remedy, narrator

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 remedy	det
3	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 narrator	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 ears	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stranger	det
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ears	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 stranger	case
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 proposed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the remedy					tree rules
2	propose	participle		the narrator not said here				for the stranger's ears	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Georgia ointment, applied in a private place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ointment	compound
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 applied	punct
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle · passive		Georgia ointment		a private place			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination

Option 2

Georgia ointment, applied in a private place after the dentist's visit and a long nap

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ointment	compound
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 applied	punct
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ointment	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	13 visit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dentist	det
11	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dentist	case
13	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 nap	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 nap	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 nap	amod
17	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 place	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		Georgia ointment not said here		a private place after the dentist's visit and a long nap			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in place=Destination
2	visit		the dentist						nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Georgia ointment, poured in a quiet room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ointment	compound
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 poured	punct
4	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 room	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 room	det
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 room	amod
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	participle	Georgia ointment			a quiet room			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Georgia ointment, applied in a private place out behind the mill house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ointment	compound
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 applied	punct
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl
9	out	out	ADV	_	4 applied	advmod
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
12	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 house	compound
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle · passive		Georgia ointment		a private place		behind the mill house; out property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination

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