Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…

Which creature first remarked upon the wife's weight?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: remark · To what, where: creature

This is exam question 1 of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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 creature	det
2	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remarked	nsubj:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 remarked	advmod
4	remarked	remark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 weight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weight	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 wife	case
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remarked	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 remarked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remark speech: assert	participle · passive		which creature				upon the wife's weight; first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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 husband's horse, who spoke first to the mare about the wife's great weight on the road

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horse	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 husband	case
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spoke	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 spoke	nsubj
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 spoke	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mare	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mare	det
11	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	17 weight	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wife	det
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 weight	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 wife	case
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 weight	amod
17	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mare	nmod
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 road	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 road	det
20	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the husband's horse			the road		to the mare about the wife's great weight; first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mare=Co-Agent

Option 2

The cow, who spoke first to the mare about the husband's wife and her heavy load

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cow	det
2	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoke	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 spoke	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 spoke	nsubj
5	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 spoke	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 mare	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mare	det
9	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoke	obl
10	about	about	ADP	_	14 wife	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 husband	det
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wife	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 husband	case
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mare	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 load	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 load	nmod:poss
17	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 load	amod
18	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the cow					to the mare about the husband's wife and cow's heavy load; first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mare=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The mare, in answer to the husband's horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mare	det
2	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 answer	case
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mare	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 horse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 husband	det
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 horse	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 husband	case
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The dog, answering the husband's mule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 answering	punct
4	answering	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dog	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mule	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 husband	case
8	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	gerund	the dog not said here		the husband's mule				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent mule=Eventuality

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