Exam question 3 · pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside:…

What was the consequence of Edmund's excursion with the townsfolk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 660 «pg23661, Edmund and the Dragon, the town on the hillside: Edmund tricks the dragon and saves her drakling» 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 excursion	case
6	Edmund	Edmund	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 excursion	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Edmund	case
8	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 townsfolk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 townsfolk	det
11	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excursion	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of Edmund's excursion with the townsfolk	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

He was publicly scolded and given extra homework for leading the whole class astray

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	4 scolded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scolded	aux:pass
3	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	4 scolded	advmod
4	scolded	scold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 given	cc
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 homework	case
7	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 homework	amod
8	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scolded	obl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 leading	mark
10	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 scolded	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leading	obj
14	astray	astray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leading	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scold	past · passive	He	give extra homework; publicly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	lead	gerund	the whole class	astray property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He received reproof for leading them astray

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 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	reproof	reproof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 leading	mark
5	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 received	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leading	obj
7	astray	astray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leading	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	He	reproof					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproof=Theme
2	lead	gerund	He not said here	them = they				astray property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

He was punished for taking the class outside

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	3 punished	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 punished	aux:pass
3	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 taking	mark
5	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 punished	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	obj
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	5 taking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past · passive		He					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	take	gerund		the class				outside property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Theme

Option 4

He was scolded for lying to them

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	3 scolded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scolded	aux:pass
3	scolded	scold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 lying	mark
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 scolded	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	past · passive		He					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie	gerund			them = they				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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