Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par…

Identify which character is described as searching for a mourner for his deceased wife, and state the manner in which the fox deceives him.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, fox · What happens: identify, describe, search, decease, state, deceive · To what, where: character, manner, him

This is exam question 1 of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	ccomp
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 searching	mark
7	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 described	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 mourner	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mourner	det
10	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 searching	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 wife	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
13	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 wife	amod
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 searching	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 state	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 state	cc
17	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 manner	det
19	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 state	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 which	case
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 deceives	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 fox	det
23	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 deceives	nsubj
24	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 manner	acl:relcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 deceives	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	describe	present · passive		which character			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
3	search	gerund				for a mourner; for his deceased wife	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for mourner=Theme
4	decease	participle					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	state speech: other	infinitive		the manner			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
6	deceive	present	the fox	him = he	the manner		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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 fox deceives the bear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceives	nsubj
3	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deceives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	present	the fox	the bear					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The bear seeks a mourner; the fox deceives him by devouring the body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	nsubj
3	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mourner	det
5	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 deceives	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fox	det
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deceives	nsubj
9	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seeks	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 deceives	obj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 devouring	mark
12	devouring	devour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 deceives	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 body	det
14	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 devouring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	seek	present	the bear	a mourner	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mourner=Theme
2	deceive	present	the fox	bear	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	devour	gerund	the fox not said here	the body	vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Option 3

The bear seeks a mourner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	nsubj
3	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mourner	det
5	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present	the bear	a mourner					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mourner=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The fox seeks a mourner; the bear tricks him by secretly burying the wife

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	nsubj
3	seeks	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mourner	det
5	mourner	mourner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeks	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 tricks	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tricks	nsubj
9	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seeks	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tricks	obj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 burying	mark
12	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	13 burying	advmod
13	burying	bury	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tricks	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wife	det
15	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seek	present	the fox	a mourner		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mourner=Theme
2	trick	present	the bear	fox		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	bury	gerund	the bear not said here	the wife	secretly property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme

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