Exam question 2 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

What reason did George give for refusing to surrender the firework to the sportsman?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: George · What happens: give, refuse, not surrender · To what, where: firework, sportsman

This is exam question 2 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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 give	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 refusing	mark
7	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 give	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 surrender	mark
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refusing	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 firework	det
11	firework	firework	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surrender	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 sportsman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sportsman	det
14	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 surrender	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	George			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	refuse	gerund	George not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not surrender	to-infinitive	George not said here	the firework	the sportsman	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent firework=Theme to sportsman=Recipient

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

That the cause for shooting the grouse had ceased the previous day, and the sportsman had no right to it at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 cause	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceased	nsubj:pass
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 shooting	mark
5	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cause	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grouse	det
7	grouse	grouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shooting	obj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ceased	aux
9	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceased	obl:unmarked
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 had	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 had	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sportsman	det
16	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ceased	conj
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 right	det
19	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 right	nmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause		That					tree rules
2	shoot	gerund	the cause not said here	the grouse				vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grouse=Theme
3	cease	past · perfect · passive		the cause		day		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
4	have	past	the sportsman	no right	all		to cause	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the cause for shooting the grouse had ceased the previous day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 cause	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceased	nsubj:pass
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 shooting	mark
5	shooting	shoot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 cause	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grouse	det
7	grouse	grouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shooting	obj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ceased	aux
9	ceased	cease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
11	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceased	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	cause		That			tree rules
2	shoot	gerund	the cause not said here	the grouse		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grouse=Theme
3	cease	past · perfect · passive		the cause	day	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

Because the grouse had already flown off to the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 flown	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grouse	det
3	grouse	grouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flown	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flown	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 flown	advmod
6	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 flown	compound:prt
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 south	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 south	det
10	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past · perfect · passive		the grouse		the south			vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to south=Destination

Option 4

That the grouse had been spared by the nurse the previous week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 grouse	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grouse	det
3	grouse	grouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spared	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spared	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 spared	aux:pass
6	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 nurse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 nurse	det
9	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spared	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 week	det
11	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 week	amod
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spared	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	past · perfect · passive	the nurse	that grouse			week		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

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