Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…

Which action did the eaglets perform when the infant was placed among them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, eaglets · What happens: do, perform, place · To what, where: infant

This is exam question 2 of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eaglets	det
5	eaglets	eaglet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 placed	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 infant	det
9	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 placed	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 placed	aux:pass
11	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 perform	advcl
12	among	among	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 placed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the eaglets			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	place	past · passive		the infant	among eaglets = eaglet	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme among they=Destination

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

They shielded her with their wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shielded	nsubj
2	shielded	shield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shielded	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wings	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wings	nmod:poss
6	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shielded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shield	past	They	her = she				with their wings	tree rules

Option 2

They flew away from her nest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 nest	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nest	nmod:poss
6	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	They			her nest		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from nest=Trajectory

Option 3

They fed her insects and berries all through the night and then sang loud songs to keep her company

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fed	nsubj
2	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 insects	nmod:poss
4	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 berries	cc
6	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insects	conj
7	all	all	ADV	_	10 night	advmod
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fed	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sang	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sang	advmod
13	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fed	conj
14	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 songs	amod
15	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sang	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 sang	advcl
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 company	nmod:poss
19	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	feed	past	They		her insects and berries	night	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Recipient
2	sing speech: express	past	They not said here	loud songs		then	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	They not said here	her company			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme

Option 4

They gathered around her and carried her gently to the old oak's highest branch to protect her from the wind

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carried	cc
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gathered	conj
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carried	obj
8	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 carried	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	15 branch	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oak	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 oak	amod
12	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 branch	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 oak	case
14	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 branch	amod
15	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 protect	mark
17	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 carried	advcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 protect	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 wind	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wind	det
21	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	gather	past	They				around her = she	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	carry	past	They not said here	her = she		the old oak's highest branch	gently property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to branch=Destination
3	protect	to-infinitive	They not said here		her = she		from the wind	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from wind=Theme

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